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Grand Canyon

Submitted By: Greg Opland on Jan 19, 2006
Administrators: Greg Opland, James DeRoussel
Latitude: 36.0460  Longitude: -111.9203 
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Cliffs and moon-Grand Canyon.
Photo by Blitzo.



Description 

The Grand Canyon is Arizona's inverted mountain range. There are plenty of peaks down on the canyon that can be climbed by non-technical means, but there are also a lot of technical routes up the various temples, mostly featuring soft sandstone and lots of excitement. Note that any sort of exploring you do in the depths of the Big Ditch should be considered an adventure. Take plenty of water and be prepared to self-rescue!


Getting There 

Big long ditchlike hole across northern Arizona. Can't miss it.



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The climbers and the climb. Halfway down to the river from the South Rim.

Zoroaster - NE Arete 5.9  AZ : Grand Canyon
Among the temples in the Grand Canyon, Zoroaster is undoubtably the king of the technical rock climbs. This is probably mostly due to the 32 miles of round trip hiking or the 20,000 feet of elevation gain and loss from the rim that it takes to reach the top of Zoro. Whatever the reason, a wide variety of climbers have traveled to the Big Ditch to have a go at Zoro.Approach and Route description:Phantom Ranch to Redwall Notch:From Phantom R...[more]


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Grand Canyon.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

Grand Canyon.
Photo by Blitzo.


Trail down from The North Rim.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

Trail down from The North Rim.
Photo by Blitzo.


Grand Canyon.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

Grand Canyon.
Photo by Blitzo.


Canyon Wall.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

Canyon Wall.
Photo by Blitzo.


Ground Squirrel.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

Ground Squirrel.
Photo by Blitzo.


Desert Spiny Lizard.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

Desert Spiny Lizard.
Photo by Blitzo.


Modern Tourists take the mule train down the Bright Angel Trail.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

Modern Tourists take the mule train down the Brigh...

Warning sign on The Bright Angel Trail.<br />The hike isn't really that bad if you leave early enough, it's not to hot and you have plenty of beer.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

Warning sign on The Bright Angel Trail.
The hike i...


Bighorn near the trail. We were trying to find sport climbing routes...

Bighorn near the trail. We were trying to find spo...

Evening photo from the north rim.

Evening photo from the north rim.

Havasu Falls.  Worth the hike down.  Not sure what the new skywalk <a href='http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/skywalk.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/skywalk.asp</a> will do to the traffic in the area, but it's a long hike to get to the falls, so probably nothing.  Scan of a photo from sometime in the mid to later 90's, can't remember exactly when.

Havasu Falls. Worth the hike down. Not sure what...

Bighorn in Grand Canyon.

Bighorn in Grand Canyon.

Sunset at Grand Canyon.

Sunset at Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon from 30,000 feet, flying back from JT.  Wow.  April 08.

Grand Canyon from 30,000 feet, flying back from JT...


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By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Feb 18, 2007

I was once stung by a scorpion in the hand while sleeping in the bottom of the Grand Canyon. I don't know for sure it was a scorpion as I never saw it, but I don't think anything else can make your whole hand go completely numb for 3 weeks. Plus there was no evidence of a puncture as with a spider bite. I found out later that my symptoms matched perfectly the sting of a "lethal scorpion", which is almost never lethal unless you weigh less than 30 lbs (kids under 3).

Anyway, be careful and never sleep out on the sand without a ground tarp.

By Pete Hickman
From: Phoenix, az
Nov 20, 2007

Is it possible to get a guidebook for climbs in the GC? It appears that there once was a book called Grand Canyon Summits Select or something like that but I can only find one mention of it on the internet and no mention of if or how it might be available.