@garyc57
I sure hope these youth group participants have been well vetted for experience and capability. A R2R is not a typical walk in the park.

@big_load
The report on inciweb says "Human Caused; Under investigation"
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6382/

I've signed up for section 20, Gordon Hirabayashi to Cathedral Rock, since there was only one other person doing this section. But it is unclear to me if I am suppose to do something, like send an email to somebody, when I'm done. Does anybody have any insight into this? There will be a completion ...

3 Sections left to make this a success!! Any Mazzy enthusiasts willing to cover the Horse Camp Seep to Mineral Creek TH segment? (8.3 miles...though requires "extra" miles to just to get there), come on...I know we have some Mazatzal lovers on this site that could knock out that segment ea...

Sredfield wrote: ↑Jan 10 2018 7:18 am @CannondaleKid
There was a high school senior who hiked it, the name escapes me now.

Brady Maghran (trail name: Prom Date) He's the 17 year old that hiked it. http://www.aztrail.org/ata_news/ATANewsSummer17.pdf

joebartels wrote:Several 2-3 mile walks on blacktop went fine. One local hike pushing off odd angled rocks had my baby soft feet cracking to the oldies.

Look at you! Hiking enough to get callouses again!

joebartels wrote: I knew at that split second everything would be okay

- teva joe

And we can all breathe a little easier knowing this! Welcome back, Joe!

I'm glad you're on the mend, you had a lot of us scared...don't ever do that again, young man! ;)

Wishing you a speedy, and full, recovery, Joe! The trails will be waiting for you!

@SaysIvan
IMO, a 3L water bladder empty won't do you any good at all, especially if the water situation is "iffy"...Fill it up, but carry as much as you feel comfortable carrying, tho I'd recommend a minimum of 3L. ;-)

Looks like this is already on my calendar, so I better sign up!

Trishness and I stayed in a great little BnB in (or very near) Escalante, and did some day hikes from there. Escalante River, and Lower Calf Falls, and also over to the Peek-a-Boo slot canyons in the Dry Fork of Coyote Gulch. I don't remember the name of the places we stayed, Trishness did all the a...

All that being said, there is no excuse for animal abuse. And even if the horses were just owned by one guy, and he was charged and sent to court, the abuse of his horses was reported by tourists, not by other tribal members, who surely knew of it. Unfortunately, the abused horses are not just owne...

flagscott wrote: Also, when camping in bad weather with a tarp, you'll want to be careful about site selection and how you orient the tarp. None of these things are hard to learn, but practice helps.

And none of this matters if you are stuck in a storm in the Grand Canyon...it has it's own rules. ;)

slowandsteady wrote:Karl (BiFrost) and I are doing 1,2 & 3 from April 18-20th. We plan on doing a section a day and car camping. Not sure if that intrigues you at all....

I'm jealous.

From the ATA website... "Raffle Results Congratulations to the winner of the $2500 River Runner Raffle, William from Mesa! A total of 113 people bought 314 tickets and raised $5,480 toward the protection and maintenance of the Arizona Trail. The winner was chosen by the Random Picker Website. B...

chumley wrote:By "glassware" te-wa means plastic cups in the shape of wine glasses with fancy LED lights in them.

Tibber has plastic beer glass shaped ones with the fancy LED lights!

(I don't know why it uploaded sideways )

I have parked at the strip mall at 7th St and Thunderbird (by the Dollar Store), there is a little connector trail that goes West over to Shaw Butte just South of the parking lot there, and another that heads South to the North Mtn Visitor Center (depending on what trails you want to hike) never had...

Are there any recommendations for a waterproof camera? I've had a couple of the older Pentax ones (w20, I think, and w80) and was not pressed with either. I want one for an upcoming rafting trip. I have a Canon Powershot SX260HS that I'm happy enough with for dry conditions, though I find the GPS to...

desertgirl got one of all of us at the Four Peaks Wilderness sign (which I don't see on your list) http://hikearizona.com/t2014/03/18/S_346-29294_1395181163-07.jpg And tibber got one of me and Shawn (but it's in a collage here, maybe she'd be willing to separate it out "for the cause" ;) )...

Kelly and Bob, beautiful tributes! Thank you for sharing them!