http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/ Grand Canyon Hikers Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:54:15 GMT menkeshome http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58331 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58331 ... I am an avid hiker --- a highly recommended surgeon (L.A. area)... Hi, I'm in LA area and there is a potebntial possibility of hip surgery. Just wondered Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:54:15 GMT JanT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58330 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58330 Hello GC Hikers, I am an avid hiker and have hiked many miles in the Canyon (from the river), but I'm having to curtail my activities due to typical Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:39:28 GMT wcrisp6871 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58329 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58329 ... Thanks Jamie, It is the same trail and we ran into the same "family" of sheep. Quite amazing to get that close to them. Bill Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:53:12 GMT canyonsister http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58328 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58328 It is roundleaf buffalo berry, Shepherdia rotundifolia Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:17:28 GMT Chris Trask http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58327 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58327 ... Could you provide URLs for those photos? Chris Regards, Chris Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:19:20 GMT Roger Spaulding http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58326 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58326 Good morning all from Colorado! I've scoured all my GCNP and desert books and cannot identify a shrub I've seen in The Canyon on numerous occasions. I have Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:35:31 GMT Jamie Compos http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58325 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58325 It almost goes all the way to the point below Maricopa Point before the path more less becomes a sketchy route. Once when I followed it I think I was close to Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:42:33 GMT wcrisp6871 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58324 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58324 While picking up our permit for March last Sunday we had some time to do a short hike on the Bright Angel trail. Just before the top of the Coconino, we Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:13:57 GMT Dick Matthews http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58323 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58323 The answer is always maybe. I use a vapor barrier sandwich on my feet often -- dry socks then a grocery produce bag then fleece socks. Works great for Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:27 GMT Tracey W http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58322 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58322 Good info. Thanks so much! Traci [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:32:35 GMT menkeshome http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58321 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58321 ... For many years, I useed regular hiking boots Merril, just waterproofing them with that "wax" before each hike, forget what called, that kept boots from Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:18:36 GMT David Thofern http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58320 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58320 I've used Gore Tex socks in wet snow. They're a bit "crunchy" and I'm not sure how well they'd do hiking up and down the Canyon. Unless it's really cold I've Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:15:49 GMT Frank Feagans http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58319 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58319 Thanks for the good news, John. Let's hope congress does the right thing. -Frank Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:58:45 GMT mowcowbell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58318 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58318 If I put plastic bags over my feet??... that would be an ugly scene indeed when I would remove them. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:36:44 GMT tdullmaier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58317 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grand_Canyon_Hikers/message/58317 And that is a lot cheaper! But don't your feet get, um, sweaty?