Grand Canyon--Inner Gorge
In May of 1993, I did a Rim-to-Rim hike with a group that included Steve Thomas. We started around 6 a.m., and I reached the North Kaibab Trailhead on the North Rim at about 5 p.m. (second-to-last of the group). I remember it as a tough trip (I was barely mobile the next morning), but it was memorable to see Phantom Ranch in person for the first time, take a short side hike to Ribbon Falls, stop for water at the Cottonwood Campground, and see Roaring Springs. A highlight of the trip that has conditioned my subsequent trips to the North Rim was watching the sunset, with a beverage, sitting on the open deck of the North Rim Lodge.
I do not have any photos of that trip. What appear here are photos taken from a trip November 9-12, 2007; Chris and I hiked down the South Kaibab Trail to Phantom Ranch, stayed the night, and hiked back to the South Rim on the Bright Angel Trail. The final photo, though taken from the bridge to the Bright Angel Trail from Phantom Ranch, encapsulates the grandeur of the canyon.
Here is the passage map: https://aztrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/38_GrandCanyonInnerGorge.pdf
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