If this thread lasts long enough, the weather will cool off, and then we'll have to find something else to discuss..... ;)

From what I've learned talking with the backcountry rangers at the Canyon, hyponatremia really is a problem there in the summer. Sports drinks, even full strength, only supply around 30% of the electrolytes the body needs, so eating salty foods is also a really good idea. (Eat, drink, and be merry.....

Last Sunday I hiked into Phantom Creek, a tributary of Bright Angel Creek in the Grand Canyon. I've walked by it a number of times on rim to rim hikes, but never had the time to go explore it. So I made a trip just to explore Phantom Creek... A little over a week ago I hiked down to Phantom Ranch, w...

I'm going to West Clear Creek and was wondering if you can hike down cash tank with out being a hardened rock climber. Can you exit at Rim tank with out being a rock climber. Are there any exit points past Rim Tank. There is a path from the end of the road past Cash Tank to the bottom of the canyon...

(apparently I was wrong - the Valles caldera in New Mexico could be considered the world's largest. Cool stuff. Yellowstone (around 47 x 28 miles) is somewhat larger than the Valles Caldera (abiut 14 miles in diameter). I was lucky enough to go on a geology field trip over to the Valles Calders las...

LJDONAHUE wrote:WONDERING IF ANYONE KNOWS OF SOMEONE WHO HAS A DAY PERMIT FOR MT. WHITNEY

I have one, but I used it already. I hiked Mt. Whitney last month, on the 12th. Were you looking for a permit, or information on dayhiking it?

P.S. I had a great time... Hank

Hnak knows a not a trail way to get out if he was willing to show us. Do you mean the Modred Abyss route? It has been a few years since I did that one (with the Field Institute), but I'd be willing to try it again someday. It was a wonderful hike. We did it in August, the heat wasn't too bad, and w...