elevation training

I am looking forward to this, but I am not a "camper girl", so you should all have a few good laughs. FYI on the training for this hike, the best training is doing a lot of short hikes and a couple of longer hikes, (hike 2x per week starting in Sept.) The stair climber at the gym, simulates the uphill part, but not so good for the downhill part. I haven't hiked this one yet, but I looked up some stuff about training for the Grand Canyon! Also keep in mind that the elevation will make it more challenging. Maybe we can do some informal hikes before we go!

training ideas

Its an Honor to join you in this adventure!
I have not done this trail, but Ive packed into (and out of) Phantom Ranch two times.

The best training I have found is cross training. Do what you love, often. Hike, Bike, weight lift, and build your core with pilates to carry your pack.

I have also learned too, the importance of stopping every hour, elevating your feet and drinking and eating salty food. Youll gain weight on the trip, and thats good, its water weight and will go away.

Some mistakes Ive meade are over packing my pack...I am all for putting my junk on the back of and Ass, and carrying my esentials with me.

viewing God doing His thing!

One year after a flash flood, Havasupai is still as beautiful as ever! In fact the destructive flooding is actually considered a "blessing" by trail leaders and quoted as a "rebirth" by tribal elders. And as a party of 13 women, joined together by personal ambitions and a sense of mid-life awareness, we count down the days to our own viewing of God "doing His thing".

And so it begins.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...

I love anything and everything that starts off an adventure like Dickens' famed novel "The Tale of Two Cities." Really. Maybe it's because I am convinced no good story is complete without a few of those "worst" of times. Of course when you involve attempting to master something so magnificent and equally treacherous as the Grand Canyon....well, bring on the best and the worst. I want stories for my life stemming from adventures I've lived out.

To the Grand Canyon in all her created beauty, wonder and danger... we seek to get but a taste of the One whose artistry put her together with but a spoken word. And in doing so, let the adventure begin!