Grand Canyon; Climbing Out At Phantom Ranch ?

Hi,

Trying to set up a Grand Canyon trip.

Would like to do an oars type boat trip, but at my age I don't think I
could ever handle the climb-out at Phantom Ranch. 7 or 8 days is my
trip limit.

How do other folks handle the climb out ?
They must have bodies strewn all over the place !

Any options on this I'm missing ?
chopper, etc., out ?

bob

Hi Bob,

You can easily do an oars trip and ride a mule out at Phantom Ranch in 8
days. And IMHO, you also get the prettiest part of the canyon-- at least
the most photogenic. It's all beautiful, of course.

IIRC, on most rowing trips it is 6-7 days to Phantom Ranch.

No choppers below the rim except in an emergency in that part of the canyon,
though there is one outfit that choppers its passengers out below Lava.
Can't remember, but it's something like the helipad's outside of the Park.

In 8 days, you can do a whole motorized tour.

Check out the photos on my webpage for a virtual tour. Scroll down to the
GC links.

Best,

Chuck
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.wildcountry.info" target="_blank">http://www.wildcountry.info</a>



in article 6195c839.0311240657.426c62ad DeleteThis @posting.google.com, Bob at
rgsrose DeleteThis @tiac.net wrote on 11/24/03 6:57 AM:

 > Hi,
 >
 > Trying to set up a Grand Canyon trip.
 >
 > Would like to do an oars type boat trip, but at my age I don't think I
 > could ever handle the climb-out at Phantom Ranch. 7 or 8 days is my
 > trip limit.
 >
 > How do other folks handle the climb out ?
 > They must have bodies strewn all over the place !
 >
 > Any options on this I'm missing ?
 > chopper, etc., out ?
 >
 > bob<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->