Tough_Boots wrote:

azbackpackr wrote:Is selling the permit legal?

Since when did that bother you?

Liz is just caring and compassionate and wants to make sure that no one gets into trouble.

Wednesday, Thursday and maybe Friday might be good. The Weekend could be tough, but you could get lucky. Be flexible. Bright Angel Campground might be booked, but consider going a little farther to Cottonwood. Or carrying extra water from Phantom Ranch and going up and out on Clear Creek to dry camp...

Here is a sampler to get you started Ribbon Falls off the North Kaibab Trail (and Upper Ribbon Falls )(and upper upper Ribbon Falls) Roaring Spring off the North Kaibab Trail Thunder River Deer Creek Falls Cheyava Falls (in the spring after a heavy snow pack on the North Kaibab Plateau - at 800' the...

Are you interested in 15 days of actual hiking or would you be okay with 10 days of hiking and 5 days of driving? Are you more interested in desert areas (Tucson, Phoenix and the Supersitions) or mountains, forests and Reservation (Flagstaff, Grand Canyon and the Reservation)? Is photography extreme...

Back when I chose my name HAZ did not support עִבְרִית or ويكيبيديا العربية so I opted for this moniker. Al is the definitive article in ويكيبيديا العربية it basically means “the”. It is common in many ويكيبيديا العربية names to denote the place a person is from or the occupation of a person. “hikes...

A lot of my purchases this year were "Nondividendable". Maybe I'm getting wiser in my old age. There are still a lot of things that I want, but not much that I truly "need". Unless I lose a hiking pole at Bryce. I am still over $1.63 because I buy gifts - mostly headlamps, flashl...

Who find 110 far easier to hike in than +10? Or -10, for that matter. I do. Heat is a lot better than cold. My motor runs hot, so I sweat A LOT!! "Dry and cold", I can handle -10, "Wet and cold" - I struggle. The trick in both extreme heat or cold is to slow down. As Cody Lundin...

This article says 1 gallon of water...NOT enough in 100-degree-plus heat. More like 1 liter/hour/person in those conditions, wouldn't you agree? At four hours, those come out to the same thing (he did say one gallon per person). Probably not too many people willingly exceed four hours in those cond...

big_load wrote:I participated a geologic event on a scree slope in Colorado in September.

Your event sounds more like a gravitational distortion than a geologic event.

It's going to be a long detour through Tuba City.

News reported this am about a woman that was reported missing from the same trail head. Also reported that she was the same woman that went missing back in Dec. looking for the Lost Dutchmans gold. Three strikes and you're out? http://www.azfamily.com/news/Female-hiker-lost-in-Superstition-Mountain...

I wish I could tell you what I do now. And I really wish I could tell you what I used to do. But this Witness Protection Program has strict rules. just kidding - but please don't turn me in for the reward

The Hippy wrote:. . .in flip flops at noon in august with a pepsi in one hand a cigarette in the other is NOT a clever idea...oh crap, they'll never figure that out. I'm sure we've all seen that...

YEAH Duh - it should be a Diet Pepsi. or a beer.

What's the old joke: I ran out of sick days, so I called in dead.

Sentencing http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/anthony-ortolani-dog-abandoned-mount-bierdstadt_n_2483369.html?1358302069&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009 . . .Ortolani was sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation and 30 hours of community service as part of a plea agreement, avoiding any time...

Here is the Ultimate Urban Hike. My plastic was melting and almost died. With my wife Stuart Weitzman to Saks 5th Avenue to Macy's to Hyde Park at Biltmore Fashion Park then to Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom's. Sephora and Barneys at Scottsdale Fashion Park. Then the Apple Store and Eddie V's at Scottsdal...

azbackpackr wrote:You guys fall?

NO!!! but sometimes I embrace Gravity.

kingsnake wrote:My worry is the opposite of falling: It is hitting things with my head ...

Part of the art of falling involves relaxing into the fall and protecting your head. Or wearing a brain bucket.

I feel like I've had this conversation before, just buy a pack of tampons from the dollar store, those things burn like champs! And they're lightweight. And they're great for nosebleeds. :D They are great for just about everything. We have a thread on the Swiss Army Survival Tampon. http://hikeariz...

I was told by someone that holding them that way also makes it less likely to snap your wrist, should you fall. Were they blowing smoke? That could be true, when held properly the poles do seem to fall out of the way as you brace for landing with your hands. If you are worried about it, you might w...