"Never again!" Ken swears this was the last time (he said that last time he did it, too) So sorry, Jared, Blake, Brian, and Tom . .. you'll have to hike the Grand Canyon rim to rim without Ken. He says he'll be glad to be the driver. Twenty-four miles of grueling hiking is a lot when you're 50-hmmm, well plus. But, he did it! I'm so proud of him. Four guys from the ward went- Dave: a young buck in his forties, Steve- slightly older than Ken and Ken hiked and Kurtis drove them (Kurtis has a bad back and can't hike right now). They left here about 3:30am on Friday and started the hike about 6:45am on the North Rim. They hiked all day long and reached the south rim about 6pm that evening - A long, grueling day. They spent the night on the south rim and drove home on Saturday, so tired and so sore. He walked a lot like an eighty- year- old man, and per Tom's instruction, tried not to groan every time he stood up or sat down. He's recovering, and in spite of it all, is glad he did it!
At the bottom
"Please sir, I want some more"
I gotta go where?
Still smiling!!!
"Never again!" Ken swears this was the last time (he said that last time he did it, too) So sorry, Jared, Blake, Brian, and Tom . .. you'll have to hike the Grand Canyon rim to rim without Ken. He says he'll be glad to be the driver. Twenty-four miles of grueling hiking is a lot when you're 50-hmmm, well plus. But, he did it! I'm so proud of him. Four guys from the ward went- Dave: a young buck in his forties, Steve- slightly older than Ken and Ken hiked and Kurtis drove them (Kurtis has a bad back and can't hike right now). They left here about 3:30am on Friday and started the hike about 6:45am on the North Rim. They hiked all day long and reached the south rim about 6pm that evening - A long, grueling day. They spent the night on the south rim and drove home on Saturday, so tired and so sore. He walked a lot like an eighty- year- old man, and per Tom's instruction, tried not to groan every time he stood up or sat down. He's recovering, and in spite of it all, is glad he did it!
At the bottom
"Please sir, I want some more"
I gotta go where?
Still smiling!!!
6 comments:
Congrats to manly man Ken for completing the hike! Tom is very jealous and would someday like to hike with manly man Ken. I guess he'll have to join him in southern Utah, since Ken never wants to come hiking in Idaho anymore!
WOW! I'm amazed by my papa. What a feat! There is NO way that I would have been able to hike 26 STEEP miles without training for it. That takes will power.
Go Dad! You're amazing! Blake's going to be pretty sad, but maybe the others can conquer it together just like you did.
Way to go dad! That is amazing! Was it as pretty as the last one?
Wow!! That is just amazing!!!
I can't even imagine!! Wow!! It looked like the scenery was well worth it though. You can add Jonathan to the list of hikers who will be sorely dissapointed there's another hiker down.:)
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