Re: Female through-hiker?
You're welcome. Although Bob Marley has reminded me that one of George Steck's long canyon hikes was Lees Ferry to Lava, not Lees Ferry to Grand Wash Cliffs,...
davidianmarcus 2011-02-03 10:48:58 #63975

Re: Are we in the golden years yet?
I wonder if that wrangler was the same one who got tased by the ranger at the canteen at Phantom. She (ranger) tried to get him out of the canteen after he...
Steve Nelson 2011-02-03 10:30:06 #63974

Re: Are we in the golden years yet?
Most people over 50 are not capable of hiking the canyon, and the most ardent hikers I've met have been at or beyond 50 -- can both be true. A few years back...
DougN 2011-02-03 10:08:42 #63973

Re: Are we in the golden years yet?
One of my favorite memories of people I met hiking in the Canyon was in 1986, when I was 29. We passed a couple in their 70s hiking down the South...
Marsha Kesselring 2011-02-03 09:49:49 #63972

Re: Are we in the golden years yet?
Well, yeah, I agree that "most" people over 50 couldn't but, then, I don't think they could when they were 35 either. Bottom line is that most people aren't...
sumiwada 2011-02-03 09:22:51 #63971

Re: Are we in the golden years yet?
I'm creeping up on 63 shortly and I hike there pretty regularly. once or twice per week from March through November, probably every 10-12 days or so the rest...
canyonhiker17 2011-02-03 09:22:36 #63970

Re: Are we in the golden years yet?
Every time I've joined some gray head in the raquetball court they've whooped my butt... often without moving that much! It's the same in Grand Canyon. IMO,...
holycross.andrew 2011-02-03 09:03:23 #63969

Re: Female through-hiker?
Very cool! Thank you Dave. I obviously didn't research the question... but was just curious and knew the answer could be easily found here! --- In...
holycross.andrew 2011-02-03 08:50:28 #63968

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