Well, we did it. We hiked Havasupai and we made it, in tact. Mostly. We left last Saturday. We left at 6 in the evening and hiked until 1 in the morning, in the dark.
Happy hikers. This is the begining of the hike. No pictures at the end. It was getting pretty scary. Dan packed most of our stuff in. I had a small pack with a few meals, my clothes and my toiletries. Dan packed the rest of the stuff. He had two sleeping backs and three sleeping pads in his pack. What a man!
Stopping for a rest.
And finally, Havasupai Falls. These pictures are not edited, by the way. The water really is this clear and blue. Fresh spring water, tinted with lime.
It was absolutely gorgeous. However, there had been some pretty bad flooding last year, and lots of the area was pretty damaged. The campground was pretty bad, there were tons of dead trees and not a lot of vegitation, and there was still a lot of debri around. I think this picture shows that pretty good.
There are three waterfalls- the one above is Havasupai falls, then you can hike to a lower one, called Mooney, and then one more below that. This is the climb down to mooney. It was straight down the cliff, which, for me was way fun, but for anyone that is scared of heights, it would have been terrifying (Trish will agree with me). I was not the official photographer on this trip, so I didn't get any shots of the falls. Just the cliff.
And here is a very important part of the trip: the port-a-potties. They are changed once per week, and we got in the day before that. So, they were litterally overflowing. And luckily Trisha thought to bring toilet paper, or we would have been wiping with.. . who knows? It was nasty. If you are thinking about going, be warned. They change these out with a helicopter. We got to watch. They just hook them up, and fly them away. Look out below!!!
French braiding hair. I have much more sympathy for Emma now. I could hardly stand it.
The indians that live at the bottom of the canyon have to get out any time they need, well, anything. Groceies, supplies. . . So, we saw tons of horses on the trail. Also, the indians use the helicopter to get in and out.
Wild grapes reclaiming the flood damaged area. Beautiful.
2 comments:
That looks beautiful! Definitely on my to do list. And congratulations Doctor Dan!
i can't wait to do it. next time you guys hike there you'll have a free place to stay in kingman!!! maybe try it in the fall when you can hike it during the day and not roast to death! i would be terrified to hike that in the dark!
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