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This one should be pretty difficult, making the day off on Monday very necessary. Starting at the Pine TH and hiking all the way up to the Rim and back down. 15-16 miles RT (depending on what you read), 1900' AEG. Leaving Mesa at 5:30am.

@Dave1
I made a joke about leaving the meat in the threads on the screws and the nurse replied "No, we have to wash it and put it in an autoclave before you can take it home", so I guess that takes care of the biohazard issue.

I like the Six Million Dollar Man reference. Between this injury and the sprained ankle in Feb. (and my strained ab muscle in Jan., bad back last month and high blood pressure), that's kind of what gave me the inspiration to change my handle to The Stillernator. Since I'm already normally the slowest hiker in any HAZ group already, I started to kind of feel like the Terminator at the end of the (first) movie, limping along, but determined to get there. That plate is made out of some heavy duty strong titanium, I think. I tried to bend it, and you might as well try to bend a wrench.

Self tapping screws? Glad you got it out!