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Posted: 6/30/2021 11:58:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I flew my airplane down into the Grand Canyon once back before it was illegal. About the time I flew over the edge and dropped down a few hundred feet I thought to myself "this is really stupid" and I climbed back out.... You certainly cut your options out of the plan. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 11:58:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have backpacked into the GC four times. Each trip was wonderful. I never got to spend the time and do that run with him.  |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:00:16 AM EDT
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Had a friend that for years solo backpacked the canyon for several weeks per outing. Guy had good wilderness and backcountry skills.
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:00:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My dad used to run from one side to the other and back when he was training with his friend that did the crazy races. I never got to spend the time and do that run with him. I have heard of this run. IIRC the runners start at South Rim, run to the North, then back to the South. Crazy. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:02:30 AM EDT
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When my wife and I went a few years back all the foreign tourists kept staring at me and giving me a wide berth.
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:03:15 AM EDT
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Meh, I have seen the second largest canyon in the US and I didn't even have to leave Texas to do it
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:04:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Why is that stupid? It's big, and there's plenty of air in the canyon or I would have died already. It is my dream hike to be flown to the North Rim, land, and hike/backpack to the South. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I flew my airplane down into the Grand Canyon once back before it was illegal. About the time I flew over the edge and dropped down a few hundred feet I thought to myself "this is really stupid" and I climbed back out.... Why is that stupid? It's big, and there's plenty of air in the canyon or I would have died already. It is my dream hike to be flown to the North Rim, land, and hike/backpack to the South. On another note - I have a group of friends that every year (for the last 10 years or so) do a Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim hike. They start out at the South Rim, hike to the bottom and cross it, then hike to the top of the North Rim all in one day. Then they spend the night on top of the North Rim, then they go back the other way the next day. After they recover they try and tell each other how much fun they had - and make plans to do it the next year...
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:05:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: When my wife and I went a few years back all the foreign tourists kept staring at me and giving me a wide berth. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/351019/75397.JPG "Hey everyone, guess what I carry in my pockets and have locked in my vehicle" |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:06:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There is nothing but rocks and water at the bottom of the canyon, in my plane an engine failure would mean sure death. On another note - I have a group of friends that every year (for the last 10 years or so) do a Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim hike. They start out at the South Rim, hike to the bottom and cross it, then hike to the top of the North Rim all in one day. Then they spend the night on top of the North Rim, then they go back the other way the next day. After they recover they try and tell each other how much fun they had - and make plans to do it the next year... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I flew my airplane down into the Grand Canyon once back before it was illegal. About the time I flew over the edge and dropped down a few hundred feet I thought to myself "this is really stupid" and I climbed back out.... Why is that stupid? It's big, and there's plenty of air in the canyon or I would have died already. It is my dream hike to be flown to the North Rim, land, and hike/backpack to the South. On another note - I have a group of friends that every year (for the last 10 years or so) do a Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim hike. They start out at the South Rim, hike to the bottom and cross it, then hike to the top of the North Rim all in one day. Then they spend the night on top of the North Rim, then they go back the other way the next day. After they recover they try and tell each other how much fun they had - and make plans to do it the next year... |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:06:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: "Hey everyone, guess what I carry in my pockets and have locked in my vehicle" Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: When my wife and I went a few years back all the foreign tourists kept staring at me and giving me a wide berth. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/351019/75397.JPG "Hey everyone, guess what I carry in my pockets and have locked in my vehicle" Freedom is scary. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:07:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Freedom is scary. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: When my wife and I went a few years back all the foreign tourists kept staring at me and giving me a wide berth. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/351019/75397.JPG "Hey everyone, guess what I carry in my pockets and have locked in my vehicle" Freedom is scary. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:08:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: "Hey everyone, guess what I carry in my pockets and have locked in my vehicle" I guess they’d have to fuck around and find out eh? |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:10:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Go home, pussies. I believe that should be pussy in the singular and not plural. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:11:14 AM EDT
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My Mom took us there in the summer of 1959. Me with my Mickey Mouse camera. It was hot. Felt like the asphalt was melting.
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:11:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I guess they'd have to fuck around and find out eh? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: "Hey everyone, guess what I carry in my pockets and have locked in my vehicle" I guess they'd have to fuck around and find out eh? I had to laugh in Wisconsin at the no firearms allowed signs in the windows at places that served. Is everyone packing there?  |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:12:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I believe that should be pussy in the singular and not plural. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Go home, pussies. I believe that should be pussy in the singular and not plural. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:16:12 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:17:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It was directed at the crybabies. Go home to momma. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Go home, pussies. I believe that should be pussy in the singular and not plural. Ok. It read like you were including me in that. Carry on 
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:18:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I expect everyone in Arizona to be armed. I had to laugh in Wisconsin at the no firearms allowed signs in the windows at places that served. Is everyone packing there? Last year on vacation in Gatlinberg my In-laws were taking us out to dinner and kept going on about the place they were taking us to having no carrying signs and how I probably shouldn’t. That’s cool, I can respect their wishes. They didn’t say anything to their daughter about not carrying though.
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:22:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ok. It read like you were including me in that. Carry on Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Go home, pussies. I believe that should be pussy in the singular and not plural. Ok. It read like you were including me in that. Carry on I always post that our Canadian neighbors here in the 70s and 80s were more conservative than the new influx of wimps. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:40:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 30+ years here, and I've never been either. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 40 years here in Arizona and I’ve never been to it. 30+ years here, and I've never been either. It amazes me how many people dismiss the jewels in their own backyards. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 12:56:13 AM EDT
[#22]
If you go, go north rim or stay home
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Posted: 7/1/2021 1:00:46 AM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I flew my airplane down into the Grand Canyon once back before it was illegal. About the time I flew over the edge and dropped down a few hundred feet I thought to myself "this is really stupid" and I climbed back out.... I do it all the time!  Fs2020 VR lol
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Posted: 7/1/2021 1:02:23 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2021 1:04:13 AM EDT
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Quoted: 40 years here in Arizona and I’ve never been to it. Quoted: 30+ years here, and I've never been either. 
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Posted: 7/1/2021 5:19:08 AM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My dad used to run from one side to the other and back when he was training with his friend that did the crazy races. I never got to spend the time and do that run with him. Rim to rim to rim…tough trip. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 5:21:06 AM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When my wife and I went a few years back all the foreign tourists kept staring at me and giving me a wide berth. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/351019/75397.JPG I guess even foreigners have heard of Mark’s shenanigans. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 5:37:19 AM EDT
[#28]
Bin to south rim twice, north rim once & rafted down the canyon a couple of years ago.
The raft trip (9 days) was awesome. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 5:54:10 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: "Hey everyone, guess what I carry in my pockets and have locked in my vehicle" Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: When my wife and I went a few years back all the foreign tourists kept staring at me and giving me a wide berth. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/351019/75397.JPG "Hey everyone, guess what I carry in my pockets and have locked in my vehicle"  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 7:12:45 AM EDT
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South rim for a first visit, especially with kids/family or if travel time is limited. Much more infrastructure, transportation options, and safety railings. Modern accomodations and big-rig RV-friendly campgrounds. Downside - busloads of Japanese tourists. Hot.
North Rim if you have the time to drive up from Las Vegas into Utah and back down into the NW corner of AZ. Much more remote, accomodations are more rustic, campground is more natural, and way fewer safety railings. No one goes there for the day - it's too remote. Pick a trail and hike it - it's on you to stop and turn around before you fall off the edge and die. Cooler than South Rim, as it's 1200' higher. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 7:20:14 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 30+ years here, and I've never been either. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 40 years here in Arizona and I’ve never been to it. 30+ years here, and I've never been either. I lived there most of my life and never went either. I kind of figured I could go whenever I wanted. Then I moved. First visit back home and I went with my mom and brother (who also had never went) and it was breathtaking. You really should go. It’s a day trip for Arizonans. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 7:23:36 AM EDT
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But frankly, if you can only go to one national park, it should be Yellowstone. We've been there 4 times. Did GC once.
Yellowstone >GC |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 7:25:12 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll be there in August, rafting down the Colorado River for a week. That sounds adventurous. I would more info if you don't mind. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 7:32:08 AM EDT
[#34]
Twenty years ago I hiked from the south rim down to the Phantom Ranch and back in one day. Bright Angel Trail I think - about 19mi round trip. It still hurts. Seriously.
It was awesome, though. Started with ice on the trail, wearing a stocking cap, etc., but by the time we got to the bottom I was shirtless and got a little sunburn. Coming back up, false summit after false summit after false summit after... Basically sun up to sun down in early or mid March. The crazy thing is my roommates had gone clubbing the night before, so the only sleep they got was 2-3 hours in the car on the way to the canyon. I'll never be able to do that again, but I'd love to drive in and camp. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 7:35:55 AM EDT
[#35]
Agreed. It is truly amazing.
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Posted: 7/1/2021 7:37:43 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: @thesilvercord That sounds adventurous. I would more info if you don't mind. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'll be there in August, rafting down the Colorado River for a week. That sounds adventurous. I would more info if you don't mind. @m4real Was supposed to go last year but Covid ruined it. It’s pricey but I hear it’s worth it. https://www.westernriver.com/grand-canyon-vacation |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 7:38:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's massive. Watched people zigzag back and fourth walking down the path to get to the bottom, they got small like tiny ants. Then I started laughing my ass off when I thought, "they got to walk back up that bitch the same way" I think the Chinese are building an escalator. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 7:49:10 AM EDT
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 Attached FileI’ve been 3 times, the first was in the 80s when my mom and I moved up here from GA. The second time I had flown down to Phoenix to move my MIL back to eastern Oregon, so her and I stopped and spent the day there. And the third time my wife and I went to Vegas with friends in October so we all rented a suburban and drove down. It’s been breathtaking each time I’ve been. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 7:52:38 AM EDT
[#39]
Be sure to go to it from the north as well.
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Posted: 7/1/2021 7:56:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @m4real Was supposed to go last year but Covid ruined it. It's pricey but I hear it's worth it. https://www.westernriver.com/grand-canyon-vacation Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'll be there in August, rafting down the Colorado River for a week. That sounds adventurous. I would more info if you don't mind. @m4real Was supposed to go last year but Covid ruined it. It's pricey but I hear it's worth it. https://www.westernriver.com/grand-canyon-vacation |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 7:58:31 AM EDT
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Me and the family tried to go last June….but it was closed due to COVID. A fucking HOLE IN THW GROUND was closed due to COVID !!!!! Plus, there was a widespread fire in the area at the time. Worst vacation ever. . |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 8:03:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’ll be there in August Same |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 8:47:43 AM EDT
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Helicopter ride to the bottom, got on a boat and went a mile down river and back. It was awesome. OK, it was fucking awesome. Choppa pilot was a female, was about 40' or less off deck of desert floor. When she hit the edge of the canyon she nosed it over and did a dive into the canyon before leveling out and going low over the river.
All this is on the Indian reservation. Can't do this shit on the Nat. Park area. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 8:48:16 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2021 9:51:59 AM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I do it all the time! Fs2020 VR lolQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I flew my airplane down into the Grand Canyon once back before it was illegal. About the time I flew over the edge and dropped down a few hundred feet I thought to myself "this is really stupid" and I climbed back out.... I do it all the time! Fs2020 VR lol
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Posted: 7/1/2021 9:56:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 30+ years here, and I've never been either. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 40 years here in Arizona and I’ve never been to it. 30+ years here, and I've never been either. 58 years for me. I have fished at Lee's Ferry in Marble Canyon and I'm told that is really just the top of the grand canyon so.... |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 10:01:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd recommend Hawaii for your next trip. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Never again. Me and my whole family and our housekeeper got locked in an old jail by some prick old man prospector when there on a trip. Had to tie all our socks together to lasso the keys hanging on the wall so we could get out. I'd recommend Hawaii for your next trip. The island of Kauai...Waimea Canyon...The grand canyon of the pacific... |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 10:09:20 AM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Helicopter ride to the bottom, got on a boat and went a mile down river and back. It was awesome. OK, it was fucking awesome. Choppa pilot was a female, was about 40' or less off deck of desert floor. When she hit the edge of the canyon she nosed it over and did a dive into the canyon before leveling out and going low over the river. All this is on the Indian reservation. Can't do this shit on the Nat. Park area. Absolutely the best vacation I ever took was a 2-week whitewater raft trip down the Colorado. Of course these day people would have their cellphones…to ruin it. |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 10:09:37 AM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Never again. Me and my whole family and our housekeeper got locked in an old jail by some prick old man prospector when there on a trip. Had to tie all our socks together to lasso the keys hanging on the wall so we could get out. lol nice ! |
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Posted: 7/1/2021 10:10:56 AM EDT
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North Rim is best rim. South Rim is ok, but much more commercial and crowded.
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