Len's Grand Canyon, solo Rim 2 Rim 2 Rim backpacking trip - April 2022

[Len Backus]

On the drive home from Grand Canyon I received an email saying my Glacier National Park backcountry application was approved for a permit in mid September.

Northern Loop as follows:

 

[Muddyboots]

Thank you for sharing! I will never be able to replicate a trip like this due to stenosis and arthritis so really appreciate the awesome photos and descriptions!!

 

[jimbires]

thanks for sharing . what a beautiful trip .

 

[Len Backus]

Thank you for sharing! I will never be able to replicate a trip like this due to stenosis and arthritis so really appreciate the awesome photos and descriptions!!

My pleasure!

I am trying to do as many as possible while I am still young....

 

[Mark37082]

This was an inspiring post. The raw beauty of our national parks is a treasure too often taken for granted. Took my family to Glacier in the fall of 2020. They closed the east side due to Covid. I've got to go back. Thanks for sharing!

 

[orkan]

@Len Backus Thanks for the cool photos! Very awesome. Sounds like quite an adventure.


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[slv hunter]

That's a great hike! In 1988 I did the same rim to rim to rim in a day, walking uphill and running the downhill. I could barely walk for 2 days afterwards lol. I was 28 years old at the time, now my knees have a hard time on the downhill too

 

[Len Backus]

That's a great hike! In 1988 I did the same rim to rim to rim in a day, walking uphill and running the downhill. I could barely walk for 2 days afterwards lol. I was 28 years old at the time, now my knees have a hard time on the downhill too

I saw a number of you young crazies doing it as a dayhike. Amazing guts and conditioning.

I am 76.

Lucky that my knees are actually better now than when I was 28.

 

[jbs2014]

Absolutely spectacular photos. Sounds like a really cool trip.

I was only able to go a few places when I went in 2018. Always wondered what it would be like to go into those areas you went, now I know and thank you for sharing.

 

[Len Backus]

Absolutely spectacular photos. Sounds like a really cool trip.

I was only able to go a few places when I went in 2018. Always wondered what it would be like to go into those areas you went, now I know and thank you for sharing.

My first Grand Canyon hike was North Rim to S rim with @Litehiker in 2017.

Since then it seems my appreciation for GC has grown each trip I take.

In February I plan to do a 32 mile loop on the Hermit-Tonto-Boucher Trails camping on the Colorado River @ Granite, Hermit and Bouchert Rapids.

 

[Chas1]

Fantastic pics, thanks Len.

 

[bamban]

Wow!!!

 

[Retired CPO]

Going downhill almost 5,000 feet to the river in one very steep stretch is very hard on my knees so I take it rather slow...which makes the photographing more relaxed.

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A favorite beach stop for many rafters.

I've done that three times as a much younger man. I graduated from High School in Flagstaff Arizona 80 miles south of the Grand Canyon. Nice photos!!

 

[Veteran]

Beautiful, rugged, wild country.
Thanks for the photos on your hike.

I imagine Glacier will be just as beautiful in different ways, and even more steep maybe.