This time our goal was to do it as a day hike, i.e. ideally in under 24 hours. Here are some stats and thoughts about this outing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Preparations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We all prepared in different ways. Matt focused on trail running and\n bicycling, including a triathlon. He also opted to go as light as \npossible using his trail running gear. I had done 8 hikes of 15 miles \nor more in the 4 month before this hike and focused on leg strength in \nthe gym. Greg did numerous shorter hikes with a heavy backpack. Greg \nand I approached this as a hike and carried our typical day hike \nbackpacks and gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key Pointers Gathered from reports on the internet:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Route:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n South to north: Down South Kaibab – Bright Angel Canyon – Roaring Springs Canyon. (21 miles) Time Splits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Some Totals: Conclusions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim in under 24 hours In 2011 we did this hike the comfortable way with a rest day on the north rim. See here for more. This time our goal was to do it as a day hike, i.e. ideally in under 24 hours. Here are some stats and thoughts about this outing. Goals: CompleteContinue reading “R2R2R – A Day Hike, September 2012”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiking","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9x9nh-xg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2062"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2068,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062\/revisions\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNorth to south: Roaring Springs Canyon – Bright Angel Canyon – Bright Angel Trail (24 miles)<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhere<\/strong><\/td> Arrive<\/strong><\/td> Depart<\/strong><\/td> Duration<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Start<\/td> —<\/td> 3:53<\/td><\/tr> Phantom Ranch<\/td> 6:38<\/td> 6:54<\/td> 16 min<\/td><\/tr> Cotton Wood Camp<\/td> 9:20<\/td> 9:56<\/td> 36 min<\/td><\/tr> Tunnel Roaring Springs Cyn<\/td> 12:00<\/td> 12:18<\/td> 18 min<\/td><\/tr> North Rim<\/td> 13:07<\/td> 13:46<\/td> 39 min<\/td><\/tr> Cotton Wood Camp<\/td> 16:12<\/td> 16:43<\/td> 31 min<\/td><\/tr> Phantom Ranch<\/td> 19:10<\/td> 19:40<\/td> 30 min<\/td><\/tr> Indian Garden<\/td> 21:35<\/td> 22:05<\/td> 30 min<\/td><\/tr> Bright Angel Trailhead<\/td> 00:21<\/td> —<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Time on trail:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a020 hours 28 minutes<\/strong>
Major breaks:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03 hours 20 minutes<\/strong>
Moving time:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a017 hours 8 minutes<\/strong>
Total hiking distance:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a045 miles (72 km)<\/strong> (45 miles in the canyon; 5 additional miles on South Rim to connect trailheads\/parking lot not included in times above -> Hiked 50 miles in a day)
Elevation gain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 > 11,000ft (> 3350m)<\/strong>
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