Photos are from Karl, Sig, Don, Peggy and Steve. Click on an image to see it full size.
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There are two sections of the trail here. You can see how steep the canyon is at the top.
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This is the first of many many switchbacks
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Below us is a mule train, fortunately headed down so we won't pass them
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We're already quite far from the top, but we've only barely started
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There are lots of colors and textures in the walls
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Another short tunnel, followed by a switchback.
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Two hikers about to plunge onwards!
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Hmm, the trail looks a little steeper over there. Mostly it's an optical illusion because the lower section is further away from us. Mostly.
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There's a deer hiding in the brush beside the trail...
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...See it now?
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Lots and lots of layers
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There's plumbing at the Mile-and-a-Half resthouse. At least, there are indoor facilities.
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A section that approximates stairs so the mules don't slip.
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There are lots of people on the trail beside the dry Garden Creek. But we didn't make it down that far.
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Indian Garden with the Plateau Point trail behind. You can't see the lower section of the Bright Angel Trail from here, it drops into that canyon to the right.
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