This picture was taken late in the afternoon and better shows the palette of colors in the canyon. The lower right shows the Bright Angel Trail from the top of Devil's corkscrew to Indian Gardens. Our walk out was 7.7 miles long and 4400 feet up. Thankfully Todd was exagerating when he claimed it was a mile and a half up. I learned that only time to take Todd seriously was when he offers to bet. We had an exceptional day for hiking out in July as there were clouds and the temperature was cooler. Thank you, Lord!
The more important thing is to set a pace that is not too fast. In flat Ohio I walk 20 minute miles. I set of goal of 50 minute miles on the walk out and actually managed to average 45 minutes per mile. I used a walking meditation of 4 strides per breath in and 4 strides per breath out. This shifted to 3 strides in the upper swithbacks and near the top my steps were pretty pathetic. The counting kept me focused on walking, which helped a lot. I would do this again!
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