Overcoming The Fear of Hiking The Grand Canyon
Here’s a great post from tooners talking about how she overcame her fears on a Grand Canyon Hike.
My niece, Annie Mae (whom I just reacquainted myself w/ after about 15 years), was talking on her blog about some of her favorite places in the U.S. It got me to thinking and I’d have to say that my favorite place, thus far, would be the Grand Canyon.
I was living in Texas when I went there. Me and seven other women (only one of which I knew personally) drove there – a 20 something hr. drive – and then hiked down the Canyon, spent two nights at Canyon Ranch (down at the bottom), and then hiked back out. It is something I’ll never forget.
The drive there was crazy. It was in February and many of the roads to Arizona were icy. I’m not a big fan of driving over ice, but we made it. I listened to books on tape most of the trip, so the drive wasn’t too bad. We pulled into the tourist site/facilities at the southern post in the early morning – I think it was around 5:30 or something. Our group leader’s sister worked at the Grand Canyon and would be our guide down the paths to the ranch below and then back up in two days time. (more…)
