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| Topic | I nearly died at the Grand Canyon this week. |
| Forceful_Dragon 07/25/20 6:04:00 PM #15: | redrocket posted... How much hiking have you done previously this year and what was the difficulty level? Well we had done a 10 mile trail (5 miles each way) two days prior that stayed on the rim of the canyon. It still had about 1000 feet of elevation change so it was a fair amount of uphill and downhill both directions. And I was tired at the end, but I got through it and it wasn't anything like I experienced on monday. And so we used that 10 mile trail with 1000 feet of elevation to gauge our readiness. And that was on Saturday. On sunday we took it easy just to make sure we'd be rested for the harder trail monday. But my wife and I walk for several miles in the evening just to stay active and yeah it's flat land, but it's still generally 90 degrees or hotter right now because of how hot it's been in fresno. So it's not like we weren't used to walking in the heat. But again, I could have played it much safer and we could have turned back rather than attempting to do the entire hike. I just wasn't aware of my limits. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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