Richard and I are hiking the Grand Canyon with two other couples the last week of August. It turns out that the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club also has two groups of hikers going this year - one in May, and the other the first week of September. For this reason, yesterday afternoon the club sponsored a program, Hiking and Backpacking in the Grand Canyon.
The presenter was Dan Davis. Although now retired and working part-time at Summit Hut, he formerly managed all of the Wilderness and Backcountry Ranger operations below the rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
Dan's slide presentation covered the corridor trails of the Grand Canyon (the ones we'll be taking down and back up) as well as mention of other more backcountry trails. He emphasized the need to be self-sufficient and discussed equipment needs, safety, nutrition --- most of the information needed to plan hiking and backpacking trips in the Canyon.
He gave some great tips for items to include in your pack. Among the notes I took were a couple of items he suggested we put in our first aid kits.
Today: Get out the hiking first aid kit. Update anything that is "old" and add imodium and the pain cream to the kit!
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