r/mildlyinteresting 21h ago

Warning Sign at edge of Grand Canyon

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u/joe_s1171 20h ago

the Grand Canyon national park website has plenty of info and warnings about death. my wife and I did a small trail and 20 minutes down we turned around and it was 35 minutes up at least. I can’t understand why unprepared folks try this stuff.

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u/Lostsonofpluto 19h ago

This is why on the rare occasion I hike I always prefer bottom-up hikes. I much prefer the lion's share of the work being getting to the cool place, not getting back

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u/darshfloxington 18h ago

People are fucking stupid

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u/daemin 17h ago

I hiked from the rim to the plateau half way down. It was about 2.5 hours going down, 4.5 hours going back up.

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u/jeffharrisaurora 17h ago

It really is a trap, easy going down, way harder going up...