Tuesday, November 5, 2013

5 Things I Learned about Hiking the Grand Canyon


#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.)

3 comments:

  1. welcome back! do you have jelly legs? :) beautiful pics!

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    1. No jelly legs. I had those on the trip down. Now they just make a mild protestation whenever I have to climb stairs. :)

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  2. I am so glad you got to go! You're right ... raw beauty impossible to capture.

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