First Grand Canyon training hike (Miller Peak) was good practice for the Bright Angel GC trail, about the same distance, 9.6 miles vs. 10 for the GC. Miller has greater elevation gain: 650 ft/mile; the GC is roughly 500 ft/mile. Lungs held up at 9,400 feet.
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Alamo Canyon Loop Trail & Romero Ruins
Had a little over an hour to kill this morning and needed to shake the Miller Peak dust off my hiking boots and replace it with new dust fro...
-
WWPD (what would Pat do)? I asked this question more than once on this tour. One doesn't ride with a partner for 25 years withou...
-
We had talked for years about combining two of our favorite hikes into a point-to-point: Hutch’s Pool and Romero Canyon . We finally made i...
-
Riding my birthday has become a tradition, no matter how little I try to make it one, because my dogged (and fit) friend Carl always makes a...
No comments:
Post a Comment