Our time line:
- March 12th - I will be in Palm Springs so I will drive to Phoenix and pick up team at the airport then drive to Grand Canyon village where we have a hotel reservation for two nights.
- March 13th - Spend the day sorting things out, picking up groceries and parking pass, etc.
- March 14th to 19th - Hiking the Grand Canyon
- March 20th - drop team at Phoenix airport and return to Palm Springs
Other things to ponder:
- Temperature - In the canyon the temperature this time of year is expected to be 17-30 degrees centigrade. Much cooler at the 7K foot rim level.
- Do we used tents or bivi bags?
- Stove - Taking my tiny pressured gas stove and a couple of gas cartridges
- Water capacity - It is recommended we each have the capacity to carry six litres
- Water purification - Ken will bring his pump filter and we will back this up with purification tablets
It is just great going with Ken as he is a veteran on many Grand Canyon backpacking trips often alone. He is wealth of info for Dale and me. Fortunately the hike we are doing is one Ken has not done the latter bit but now the first half. Ken had kindly gone printed out on-line maps with the our route marked out, camping and potential water sites.
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