Part 2 - The South Kaibab Trail
The South Kaibab Trail A Stairway to Heaven The bottom of the Grand Canyon is about 2500 feet above sea level, temperature during day time average around the mid 50's, early morning temperature is about 37 to 40 degrees. It's cold and nifty but still bearable, it's a clear day with the sun really shining. The area is so beautiful that it's so hard to bid goodbye, I would love to stay for 2 more nights. Our wilderness permit is only good for 4 days and so we have no choice but to go back up. By early morning we break camp and start preparing for an uphill climb of the South Kaibab Trail a strenuous backbreaking hike to the rim. When your in the bottom of the canyon it's hard to see where the park rim is at, and by observing the first leg of the hike it looks so scary, it's a steady steep incline as we make our way up. But first we have to cross the Colorado River. The Suspension Bridge An Engineeri...