I never did understand why the local shops advocated one big walking stick instead of two trekking poles for the Narrows. I took two poles, and my feet were more battered and swollen the next day than they were at the end of the Sierra Challenge in '10.
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Pole vaulting over the bigger rocks brought in fresh by thunderstorms.
Years ago I hiked the narrows with a scout group that got a late start and spent the night in the canyon without planing to. What doesn't kill you makes for better stories.
Dale B. Dalrymple
