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Re: your mail
> Were the "water holes" on S.Kaibab ripe yet.??? (read "water holes" as
>mule dumps)... On Memorial day in "84", it was warm enough to really ripen
>the trail...
>
> From what I read you did the loop in one day.??? We stayed overnite at
>Bright Angel C.G. near Phantom Ranch, spent time in the creek cooling off...
>That was the year I learned that the Colo. River is not the place to cool
>off (macho me dove in, a half a nano sec later I was out --- darn cold)...
>
> Appears you had good weather,,, ready to do it again.???
Dick -
I should apologize - that message wasn't supposed to be for public
consumption. I had two copies of Chip's message - one private and one on
the list and when I answered, I didn't pay attention to the outgoing address.
Anyway - yeah, one day. And the water holes were just beginning to ripen.
It was beautiful, spectacular, awesome - and the weather was just right
(sunny, mid 70's). But I don't recommend doing the whole loop in one
day - the last half mile was a blur. It makes a long tough day.
And having been back at work for a week, I AM ready to go back.
Have a good day,
Jim