I hiked the canyon one way, north to south, in October 2009. It took me 10-1/2 hours. Runners… RUNNERS… were passing me!
I did virtually nothing to get in shape for that trek.
I’d like to complete a rim-to-rim-to-rim trek. It should be doable in under 24 hours, even for me, particularly if I start working toward getting in shape.
On my trip, going down was nothing, crossing the bottom was easy, but the climb was brutal. BRUTAL! Gotta make sure to include lots of climbs and stairs in my prep work.
Tentative goal: October 2012?
Today’s date: 21 September 2011
