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| no partners | | I hadn't done this hike in about 4 years. My feet held up okay. There were a lot of people on the trail, including about half of France. France empties out in August, you know, and half of them came to Grand Canyon today. They really are very lovely people, but almost none of them speaks English. I took two semesters of French about 42 years ago. I don't remember much. I like the language, though, because it has interesting sounds not found in English.
There were several condors flying around Plateau Point. Presumably they don't speak French, either.
I waited in vain at the Plateau Point view to see boats come down the river---I wanted to see them run Horn Creek, my least favorite rapid on the river. I was too early for the boats, I think. I left the Point by 9:30 a.m. I think they were all still up at Phantom, or hung-over up at Grapevine.
On the way back up the hill I talked to more French people, plus Dutch, Austrians and Texans. I also talked to the mule wranglers. I found out that, yes, sometimes you can get in on a mule ride at the last minute if you happen to have about $600 in your pocket. They said you have to wear long pants, shoes and a long-sleeved shirt. And bring your toothbrush. I really want to do the mule ride someday!
This was my first hike down into the inner Canyon in quite some time, with the exception of a short hike down Waldron a couple of months ago. The heat was not all that bad today. I have been doing a bit of peak bagging lately and I felt that I (and my feet, which have lives of their own) would do okay. It was the longest hike I've done in about a year, but I did okay.
No GPS route because the batteries died. I put in new batteries but the resulting track is very messed-up. |
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