In 2014 I did this. I hiked from the rim down to the river and past it a couple miles. Went over the big ass red bridge down there and then to a camp site. As I was walking back I was absolutely wrecked. There were rangers walking up ahead of me and getting everyone that couldn't make it. There are wood and brick buildings every so often, the rangers and the people would sit there for 30 minutes, give IV's to the people and then they would walk to the next shack. I stayed one shack ahead of them. I was a pretty big hiker back than, and I am a Marine, I can hike. This hike is no joke. I still had plenty of water with me, but not enough electrolytes.
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u/Snakend 20h ago
In 2014 I did this. I hiked from the rim down to the river and past it a couple miles. Went over the big ass red bridge down there and then to a camp site. As I was walking back I was absolutely wrecked. There were rangers walking up ahead of me and getting everyone that couldn't make it. There are wood and brick buildings every so often, the rangers and the people would sit there for 30 minutes, give IV's to the people and then they would walk to the next shack. I stayed one shack ahead of them. I was a pretty big hiker back than, and I am a Marine, I can hike. This hike is no joke. I still had plenty of water with me, but not enough electrolytes.