Day 1: Down the Tanner Trail

	Medium Large	The hikers ready to go at the trailhead
	Medium Large	Some snow left on the trail, in a shadowed region near the top
	Medium Large	Jani heading back down the trail after having to run up and retrieve her sleeping pad. Fortunately it was not too far into the hike when she realized that she forgot it.
	Medium Large	Looking out towards Tanner Canyon. The trail runs along the reddish rocks and into the canyon, which then takes us down to the Colorado River.
	Medium Large	The trail is quite steep near the top section through the Coconino sandstone || || \/
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	Medium Large	Morby, Colin, and Jason at the beginning of the rockslide area. Tricky going downhill, but it will be much more painful coming up in a few days.
	Medium Large	Me and Jani heading down towards the rockslide
	Medium Large	The end of the rockslide
	Medium Large	Looking back towards the rockslide
	Medium Large	Heading towards a saddle overlooking Seventyfive-Mile Canyon || || \/
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	Medium Large	Seventyfive-Mile Canyon
	Medium Large	Heading towards Tanner Canyon
	Medium Large	The watchtower at Desert View, the easternmost stop on the South Rim. We could see this tower from nearly every point along the hike.
	Medium Large	Morby
	Medium Large	Weird rocks that seem to be bleached from the inside out
	Medium Large	Lunch stop for me, Jani and Jason.
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	Medium Large	Our first good view of the Colorado River
	Medium Large	Jani
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	Medium Large	Deformed rocks, possibly due to a landslide
	Medium Large	Neat weathering of the Tapeats Sandstone
	Medium Large	Morby and Colin along the ridge
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	Medium Large	Looking back from the beginning of Tanner Canyon
	Medium Large	Another group of hikers on the ridge
	Medium Large	Colin
	Medium Large	Jani and Jason heading into the shade
	Medium Large	Trail running along a pretty steep slope. There'll be more like this during the hike, often on the edge of a much steeper cliff
	Medium Large	Colin and Morby
	Medium Large	The tilted layers of the Grand Canyon Supergroup, which is well-exposed in this part of the Canyon
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	Medium Large	One of the many flowering cacti along the hike
	Medium Large	Beginning the final descent towards Tanner Delta along the Colorado River, where we'll be camping for the evening
	Medium Large	Me
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	Medium Large	Looking back up Tanner Canyon towards the watchtower
	Medium Large	Almost there!
	Medium Large	A beach along the west side of Tanner Delta, near where we'll end up camping on the last night || || \/
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	Medium Large	Looking to the west an hour or two before sunset
	Medium Large	Our campsite for the evening, on the east side of Tanner Delta, one meter away from the Colorado River
	Medium Large	Beach across the river from our camp
	Medium Large	Sun setting on the cliffs near our campsite
	Medium Large	Dinner time!

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