#5 - Fall is a beautiful time of year to hike the Grand Canyon.
#4 - You develop a special kinship with your hiking partners. You're in it together; you have to get out together.
#3 - Going down is NOT easier than coming up!
#2 - The Canyon is demanding and unrelenting (we did a 4,000 ft elevation change from top to bottom), but the human body is surprisingly resilient. Your legs just keep going.
#1 - The Grand Canyon is so vast, so rugged, and so incredibly raw in it's beauty that there is no way you can take it all in over a single weekend trip. You will want to go back.
(I have lots more pictures to share. In the meantime, check out my brother-in-law's blog about our hike. He does a great job capturing the beauty of this place.)
welcome back! do you have jelly legs? :) beautiful pics!
ReplyDeleteNo jelly legs. I had those on the trip down. Now they just make a mild protestation whenever I have to climb stairs. :)
DeleteI am so glad you got to go! You're right ... raw beauty impossible to capture.
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