Aftermath

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Of course, we were tired, sweating, smelly, dirty, etc. after 9 hours of hiking, so all the tourists at the South Rim looked at us like we were homeless people. But we did it!!! And I have been telling that to complete strangers all week...
Here I am seconds after making it out of the Canyon. Come on, don't I look better than last time? It is amazing how much a little training and two walking sticks can help!
Tim and Liz finished way ahead of the rest of us, so they prepared a little cocktail party. Here is everyone celebrating on our El Tovar deck (LEFT: Jason, Karen, Steve, Jill, Liz, Pete, Tim, & Mark and RIGHT: Jill, Tim, Steve, Laurence, Mark, Liz, & Pete).
Here are Mark and I the next day, fully recovered (yeah, right). Mark, foolishly, is already planning his next Canyon hike -- Rim to Rim in 05, so get your reservations in early!!!