shallit@gargoyle.UUCP (Jeff Shallit) (02/06/86)
I'm planning a hiking trip in the Grand Canyon for March 19-26 with one other friend. We're thinking of flying to the South Rim airport and hiking Bright Angel Trail or Kaibab down to Phantom Ranch, and then spending 5-6 days along trails like the Tonto and Grandview trails. However, we are not terribly familiar with the terrain and are not super-experienced backpackers. Any advice would be appreciated, especially concerning the availability of water. Jeff Shallit ...ihnp4!gargoyle!shallit
blake@sx7000.UUCP (Chris Blake) (02/13/86)
> I'm planning a hiking trip in the Grand Canyon for March 19-26 with > one other friend. > > Any advice would be appreciated, especially concerning the availability > of water. > > Jeff Shallit Make sure to bring a variety of clothing with you. At the rim of the canyon it gets pretty cold due to the altitude. At the bottom (1 mile down) it's a desert. The temperature varies greatly. There shouldn't be too much trouble water-wise. There are tons of people who hike the trail. A large canteen each should suffice. C. Blake @ Sperry Corp. Roseville, MN
gdykes@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Gene Dykes) (02/21/86)
>> I'm planning a hiking trip in the Grand Canyon for March 19-26 with >> one other friend. >The temperature varies greatly. There shouldn't be >too much trouble water-wise. There are tons of people who hike the trail. >A large canteen each should suffice. > I am reminded of my hike in the Grand Canyon. My brother and I said, "let's just go down a little ways..." "just a little farther..." You guessed it - starting at noon in the heat of summer and with only one small canteen of water between us, we went all the way to the bottom. We made it back to the rim before evening, too. Of course, we puked our guts out for awhile afterwards. Ah, yes, the point. The signs at the top of the trail say that there is no water on the trail. That DOESN'T include the end of the trail - there's lots of water at the bottom. So there's no need to conserve water on the way down as we did. (True for the Kaibab trail, anyway) Someday I'll reminisce about my climb up Mt. Fuji... -- Gene Dykes, 120 Rand Hall, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY 14853 (607)256-4880 {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,vax135}!cornell!batcomputer!gdykes
eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (02/24/86)
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There an excellent hiker's guide by Harvey Buchat (I really blew the
spelling). The publisher is La Siesta Press in Glendale, CA (I know
that). The author is a professor of math in N AZ and he is the real
person to know about hiking in the Canyon.
--eugene miya
NASA Ames Research Center
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