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The porch of the North Rim Lodge |
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View from the porch towards where we'll be hiking. The long canyon running from bottom left to upper right is Bright Angel Canyon, which will be our route into the Grand Canyon. We actually head through Roaring Springs Canyon first, which then connects up with the Bright Angel Canyon. |
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This is the cleanest I'll be for the next 4 days |
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The view out from the trail. The lighting wasn't ideal just after sunrise, but got much better after another hour or so. || || \/ |
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Steep section of the trail through the Coconino sandstone |
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Jani and Tamara pondering the transition between the Hermit group rock layers and the Supai group |
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Rest stop near Supai Tunnel |
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Passing through Supai Tunnel... |
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...and seeing the other side |
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Nicole traversing a fairly steep section |
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I believe this is the 'Bridge in the Redwall' |
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Our last spot of shade for a while |
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Looking back up Roaring Springs Canyon towards the rim || || \/ |
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Roaring Springs, which shoots out of the cliff where the Redwall limestone meets the Muav limestone layer. Beyond here, we start to connect up with Bright Angel Canyon. |
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Looking down Bright Angel Canyon towards the South Rim |
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Lunch and rest stop at Cottonwood Campgrounds, which was about the halfway point, in distance, of the first day, although by this point we had come down over half way in terms of elevation |
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Serious blisters call for desperate measures |
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Cool rockfall || || \/ |
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Ominous looking clouds over one of the 'temples' |
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Entering the Vishnu Schist, the oldest rock layer in the Canyon at ~2 billion years old |
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The Vishnu Schist is intruded by this pink Zoroaster Granite, which we'll see a lot more of later in the hike |
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Looking back up Bright Angel Canyon towards the rim. Here it begins to open up into... |
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...Phantom Ranch |
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Bright Angel Creek, right near our campsite || || \/ |
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Jason trying to call home with his Iridium satellite phone. |
