This is the first segment of the Arizona National Scenic Trail that I counted towards my goal. The funny thing is it is almost one year prior to really starting my journey. Jarred and I decided to do rim to rim of the Grand Canyon. Luckily for me this is part of the AZT. And since we were crazy enough to do it all in one day, I'm definitely counting it in my total.
I had always wanted to do rim to rim and Jarred and I actually planned on doing rim to rim, staying over on the north side for two nights and then hiking back, rim to rim. That didn't work out to well (we wimped out and caught a shuttle back to the south rim).
Things that stood out on this trip were:
- I shouldn't have waited until I was 50 to do it for the first time
- Jarred should have trained (he just thought it was any old 20 mile hike)
- The north rim is stunning, way better than the south rim
This was Jarred at the end, almost. I forgot to tell him that we still had about a mile to hike to the cabins!!!
All in all, this was a great way to begin the AZT journey. Funny though, I haven't been able to get Jarred back with me yet.
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