Grand Canyon hiking

DSCN1909 * It begins * 2048 x 1536 * (144KB)

DSCN1910 * 2048 x 1536 * (353KB)

DSCN1911 * 2048 x 1536 * (226KB)

DSCN1912 * 2048 x 1536 * (142KB)

DSCN1913 * Delirious already * 2048 x 1536 * (122KB)

DSCN1914 * Sunrise splashing contrasting tones against the Canyon

DSCN1915 * 2048 x 1536 * (64KB)

DSCN1916 * 1536 x 2048 * (215KB)

DSCN1918 * yee haw * 2048 x 1536 * (376KB)

DSCN1919 * 2048 x 1536 * (209KB)

DSCN1920 * Just short of halfway * 2048 x 1536 * (80KB)

DSCN1921 * 2048 x 1536 * (159KB)

DSCN1922 * The second set of steep switchbacks to get down to the plateau * 2048 x 1536 * (370KB)

DSCN1923 * Mules rule!! * 2048 x 1536 * (273KB)

DSCN1924 * 1536 x 2048 * (143KB)

DSCN1925 * 2048 x 1536 * (274KB)

DSCN1926 * Just about halfway on the way down * 2048 x 1536 * (232KB)

DSCN1928 * 2048 x 1536 * (190KB)

DSCN1930 * Moleskin rules * 2048 x 1536 * (260KB)

DSCN1931 * 2048 x 1536 * (204KB)

DSCN1932 * 2048 x 1536 * (217KB)

DSCN1936 * 1536 x 2048 * (220KB)

DSCN1937 * 2048 x 1536 * (317KB)

DSCN1939 * The Silver suspension bridge from a few hundred feet above * 2048 x 1536 * (365KB)

DSCN1940 * I want a pet mule * 2048 x 1536 * (364KB)

DSCN1941 * 2048 x 1536 * (305KB)

DSCN1942 * Stormin

DSCN1943 * 2048 x 1536 * (309KB)

DSCN1944 * Exit from the short tunnel onto the Silver suspension bridge. * 1536 x 2048 * (109KB)

DSCN1945 * 2048 x 1536 * (510KB)

DSCN1946 * The mighty Colorado River. When up close, its impossible to fathom how this flow of water created the expanses seen from the rim * 2048 x 1536 * (296KB)

DSCN1947 * 2048 x 1536 * (193KB)

DSCN1948 * One of two suspension bridges that span the Colorado * 2048 x 1536 * (408KB)

DSCN1949 * Almost impossible to see the canyon rim from Phantom Ranch * 2048 x 1536 * (224KB)

DSCN1951 * 2048 x 1536 * (348KB)

DSCN1952 * Finishing up C. Fletcher

DSCN1953 * Air temperature was 105, temperature in the sun was 120.. temperature in the water, 55. * 2048 x 1536 * (407KB)

DSCN1958 * People actually slept in that thing.. even the NPS Rangers were stumped. * 2048 x 1536 * (291KB)

DSCN1959 * 2048 x 1536 * (192KB)

DSCN1961 * Necessary when leaving at 3am. Thanks mom! * 2048 x 1536 * (89KB)

DSCN1962 * Lacking a doormat near Bright Angel Creek * 2048 x 1536 * (139KB)

DSCN1967 * 1536 x 2048 * (143KB)

DSCN1972 * A half mile downtrail from the Bright Angel Campground, about 5 miles into the uphill trip * 1536 x 2048 * (295KB)

DSCN1974 * I was unable to provoke it to attack * 2048 x 1536 * (323KB)

DSCN1976 * 2048 x 1536 * (53KB)

DSCN1987 * 2048 x 1536 * (292KB)

DSCN1988 * View from about 3/4 up the final elevation gain of 3000 feet. The Bright Angel trail follows that side canyon all the way down to the Colorado * 2048 x 1536 * (288KB)

DSCN1989 * 2048 x 1536 * (200KB)

DSCN1990 * Back up top after 9.3 miles * 2048 x 1536 * (243KB)