Rim to Rim hike in One day
From North to South 23.7 miles in 7 hours and 53 minutes and 8 seconds
Breaks: None
Water intake: 120 oz aproximate
Food intake; one apple,one 4
oz of beef jerky,about 8 oz of
trail mix and one banana
Bright Angel trail
We started the hike at 6:31 AM
from the North Rim...very soon I
foun myself very alone running down
to the river
At 8:00 AM I was at Cotton Wood Ranch.
THE BOX...The section of Canyons
gething together right before
Phanton Ranch...Just before the
Box I got lost for 24 minutes..:(
The Iron Bridge over
the Great Colorado
River. I crossed the
Bridge at 10:30AM
Into Copper Canyon
20 minutes after finished it,after a
quick body wash and change of
cloths...which I was carry all along...I
found myself at the Bright Angel
Lodge's Bar drinking a very well
deserved Sierra Nevada Beer
You can see the trail
coming from the bottom of
the Canyon...it is a 9 miles
4500 feet elevation gain
from the river...On 100
degrees heat
I finished at 2:24 PM...A NP
Ranger was kind to show his wrist
watch to serve as evidence of time.