Back from the Canyon
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Started on 2007-11-01
Back from the Canyon
From: wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2007-11-01 17:14:52 UTC
Just had to give a holler here for those who hadn't heard how happy I am that I got to do
one of my "dream dayhikes" recently when I managed to hike from the South Rim of the
Grand Canyon to the North Rim in less than 10 hours, while still recovering from a re-
sprained ankle! Pete and I had both backpacked the Grand Canyon 15 years ago the usual
"permit" way, packing down and staying at the campground on the way up, and several
years before that I had hiked rim-to-river-to-rim in 6 hours ( 17 miles, 9000' elevation
change), but I had thought that the days when I could hike the whole thing south to north
in one day ( 22 miles with well over 10,000' elevation change and huge temperature
variables), let alone in less than half a day, were long past - until Pete convinced me I
could still do it, while he literally drove 215 miles around to meet me on the other side -
what a wild trip!
So, I got to accomplish one of my minor "life list" goals, while the very next day Pete got to
do one of his, thanks to acquiring a special passport which allowed us the rare
opportunity of hiking all the way around Meteor Crater! I might have a chance to write
about some of these and other adventures later on, but right now I'm just so backlogged
all the way to last spring and booked all the way through next spring that I don't know if I
can! Suffice it to say, though, that letterboxing adventures, like Dennis and Donna's trek
through the Quabbin in MA or Mainekokopellian's recent fantastic night time "treasure
haunt", as well as many of our adventures out west still play a good part in our travel
plans, so if I gave anyone the idea that I really would have traded all my letterbox
experiences for one single trip through the Grand Canyon, I hope they know I was just
kidding! (I'd really only gladly give up the 5% "SWOA" - those Stamps Without Adventure!:-)
Hope to write more later, and thanks for all the "AWS" - Adventures with Stamps!
Wanda from RI
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Re: Back from the Canyon
From: jim54invc (chaosmanor47@gmail.com) |
Date: 2007-11-03 03:03:51 UTC
Congrats! One of these days, we might get to do it, but time is
slowly running out...
> ... I got to do one of my "dream dayhikes" recently when I managed
> to hike from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon to the North Rim in
> less than 10 hours, while still recovering from a re-sprained ankle!
If and when we do it, we certainly won't make it in a day! We'll
definitely need to spend a night or two at the bottom before hiking
back out. We've wanted to backpack into the Painted Desert for many
years; that might be more likely for us.
> ... the very next day Pete got to do one of his, thanks to acquiring
> a special passport which allowed us the rare opportunity of hiking
> all the way around Meteor Crater!
Since when did they start issuing passes for that? I walked all the
way around the Barringer Crater without a pass; all I needed to do was
pay a few bucks, and they certainly weren't restricting the number of
people. If anything, not many people wanted to pay for the privilege.
Granted, that was 33 years ago, but I am surprised that there seems
to be a need to regulate things there. It's a neat hike, with a lot
of interesting things to see on the rim.
chaosmanor
slowly running out...
> ... I got to do one of my "dream dayhikes" recently when I managed
> to hike from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon to the North Rim in
> less than 10 hours, while still recovering from a re-sprained ankle!
If and when we do it, we certainly won't make it in a day! We'll
definitely need to spend a night or two at the bottom before hiking
back out. We've wanted to backpack into the Painted Desert for many
years; that might be more likely for us.
> ... the very next day Pete got to do one of his, thanks to acquiring
> a special passport which allowed us the rare opportunity of hiking
> all the way around Meteor Crater!
Since when did they start issuing passes for that? I walked all the
way around the Barringer Crater without a pass; all I needed to do was
pay a few bucks, and they certainly weren't restricting the number of
people. If anything, not many people wanted to pay for the privilege.
Granted, that was 33 years ago, but I am surprised that there seems
to be a need to regulate things there. It's a neat hike, with a lot
of interesting things to see on the rim.
chaosmanor