Grand Canyon hiking: Tips on how not to have a heart attack
Submitted by Mark Wolinski, Made Popular: July 23, 2009 at 11:38 PM • gadling.com
If hiking the Bright Angel Trail, or any other trail that leads down into the Grand Canyon is the stuff of your dreams, be warned–it isn’t the easiest thing to do. Sure, going down is fine. That path of switchbacks, often with mule pee at every turn beckons downward. “This is swell, ” you might say to yourself. “Isn’t the Grand Canyon grand?”
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