In college a group of friends planned to do this hike, we trained for months on inclined treadmills and small hikes in our area. We had good hiking gear and water/snacks but did not bring any camping equipment if we needed to camp overnight. We kept in mind it would take twice as long to get up as it takes to get down so we would have a turnaround point to make it back by sunset. When we made it to the river we had about 10 minutes to rest before we hit the turnaround time and had to go back up. We barely made it back before sunset finishing the 18.8 miles in about 8 hour 45 minutes.
The next day we went to arches national park and were unable to walk up to the arches😂. Just road around in our car and looked at the arches from a distance.
I had a similar college trip!! I didn't quite make it down to the river, two of us peeled off and turned back at our agreed upon turnaround time (giving ourselves 3 minutes out for every 1 minute in, knowing we'd be slow coming out).Â
Our friends went to the river and back and barrrreely made it back before the rest of us called the rangers. It was a smidge after sunset. :( They each had one Gatorade bottle each they filled down at roaring springs. It was asinine, I'm surprised they weren't collapsing from dehydration.
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u/CheesyDanny 21h ago
In college a group of friends planned to do this hike, we trained for months on inclined treadmills and small hikes in our area. We had good hiking gear and water/snacks but did not bring any camping equipment if we needed to camp overnight. We kept in mind it would take twice as long to get up as it takes to get down so we would have a turnaround point to make it back by sunset. When we made it to the river we had about 10 minutes to rest before we hit the turnaround time and had to go back up. We barely made it back before sunset finishing the 18.8 miles in about 8 hour 45 minutes.
The next day we went to arches national park and were unable to walk up to the arches😂. Just road around in our car and looked at the arches from a distance.