Around July of '07 my marriage of 7 years came to an end.. That's a whole unbelievable (literally) blog in itself, but the point is that I've always been intrigued by interesting travels. As a programmer, I work remote and as long as I've got cel and internet connectivity with my wireless broadband card, I'm good to go. Ultimately I would like to backpack through Europe, but first, I'm taking a smaller trek out west to get a little experience with travels of larger magnitude (view my route at the right of this page). This site will be a place for me to chronicle my travels, leave some photos, and jot down any interesting things that happen that I might one day forget.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Grand Canyon - North Rim

Friday, September 9, 2007 9:30PM - The top of the North Rim of the canyon is mostly forest. You can go to an edge however and see some quite spectacular views - which I did for the sunset. Eating a stew right now and preparing to descend the Grand Canyon tomorrow.. I'm a bit nervous about it to be honest. I've hiked in Colorado, but nothing like this. I will descend 4,241 feet, taking 6.8 miles of rough terrain and an average of a 21% decline to do so. A Boston marathon runner recently died from dehydration doing this. Also, temperatures at the bottom are generally in excess of 100 degrees right now.














North Rim view

Me at the edge of the Rim

North Rim at sunset

Sun setting over the Grand Canyon

My campsite
 
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2 comments:

Piqa said...

I love the pic of the sunset! Its awesome! So glad to read on and find out that you did not fall off the edge!

September 10, 2007 at 6:50 PM
Redbendad said...

Nice sunset.

Dora and I drove there one May but it was not open yet due to late snow. We looked off the edge but I had a hangnail so we backed up.

September 28, 2007 at 7:20 PM

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