Grand Canyon Rim to River & back in a day (Thanksgiving weekend)

Read the whole post before RSVPing.

[I set this back to Saturday because the forecast looks good enough. It's way too cold for me but at least there's no rain/snow. So, it's now fixed at Saturday and if that won't work out I'll find something else.]

This is a *day hike* to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. We'll go down early-ish on Saturday and come back that same night by headlamp. You have to be fit enough to handle a very tough hike of 16 mi RT with 5k' of gain. Expect to be out all day.

A couple weeks ago I hiked 2/3 of the way into the Grand Canyon, this time I'm going all the way and (hopefully) making it back up. Read my trip report here:

https://goalhiking.org/g/grand-canyon-below-rim

This time we're just using the South Kaibab trail, making it 16 mi RT with 5k' of gain.

alltrails.com/explore/custom-routes/grand-canyon-sk-down-and-up-99bb2d3

Everyone gets added to the waitlist. To get off it you have to leave a comment or send a DM with your recent relevant experience including recent "upside-down" hikes you've done.

Note also that someone in the Bay Area is interested in this hike but doesn't have a car. Also let me know if you can rideshare.