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Instinct was right. You just kinda looked up and said, this doesn't feel right.
Joe:The trail just sort of disappeared below us, and we don't know where we missed a turn.
Zeena:You're listening to the Grand Canyon Hiker Dude Show, the voice of Grand Canyon Hiking, presented by Hiken. Hiking packs and gear built to help you hike your best hike. Here's your guide, Brian Special. John Hant.
Brian:He was known as the captain of the Grand Canyon. He was one of the first non native settlers in the eighteen eighties when he showed up and built a homestead near the South Rim, and he became well known for an exaggerated, shall we say, style of storytelling. Apparently delighting at telling visitors tales of how the canyon was a failed dam project by ancient gods or that it was carved by giant prehistoric beavers. Yeah. That John Hance, obviously a jokester.
Brian:And a century and a quarter later, the joke is apparently on unsuspecting hikers and backpackers who dare take on what's now called the New Hance Trail. New Hance, as you might imagine, is the second iteration of the original Hance Trail, which was built to take tourists down into the canyon. It was improved and became New Hance in 1895, though traversing it today makes you wonder, hey, if that's improved, I'd hate to see what the original trail was like. Yeah. It is rough.
Brian:But New Hance does offer a direct route to the river. So when my friend Joe Adlock invited me on a one day rim to river, I was quick to accept. Joe's a Canyon vet and has been on New Hance many times before, but always as a backpacker. In fact, this would be his first ever rim to river hike in a day, which would ultimately cover six and a half miles and almost 5,000 feet of elevation change each way. Yeah.
Brian:Neuhance is tough. Just getting there is a challenge because there's no signage or parking lot off of Highway 64, but my GPS did take me right to it. It's about 13 miles past the turnoff to South Kaibab on Highway 64, and after you find a spot to park off the road, it's about a quarter mile on a well worn path through the trees to the trailhead, which is marked with signage. You can't miss it. From there, it's a straight dot from there, it's a straight dive into the canyon on a steep trail that appears, then disappears, and then appears again, and gives you ample opportunity to test your route finding skills for much of the way.
Brian:So it's certainly wise to download a map before you go. It is one of the toughest trails on the South Rim. A trip down New Hance to the Colorado River where we'd even witness a water rescue. Wait to hear about that. This is the Grand Canyon Hiker Dude Show powered by Hikin.
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Brian:So here we are. It is about 20 degrees. New Hance is covered in snow, and this is already, I think, one of the hardest trails on the one of the hardest trails on the South Rim for sure.
Joe:Right, Joe? Absolutely.
Brian:So when I did this back in, I think it was November, December as part of the South Rim six pack, which you coined and started and inspired me to do, only I went down a mile, I lost a trail four times, I think, in the first mile down. And it took me two hours to go a mile down and a mile back up. Does that sound about right?
Joe:Absolutely. First time we did it, we lost it a dozen times on the way to the river.
Brian:That's the difference when you're backpacking. You can kind of take your time because you're going to a place and you're stopping. But for us today, we're doing this in a day. So we're going down and back six and a half miles, which is essentially the same as it is down South Kaibab to the Black Bridge. But these miles are not created the same as South Kaibab or the Corridor Trails.
Joe:No. They're a little rockier. Some of the steps are bigger.
Brian:We gotta get down and get back up, and it is January, and we've only got ten or eleven hours of daylight. So are you worried that we're gonna be able to finish this?
Joe:I'm not worried that we'll finish it. Whether you leave me in the canyon and save yourself, that might be the case.
Brian:This is going to be an adventure. This is the most kinda gnarly thing that I've done so far on the on the South Rim. So I'm looking forward to it. I would never have even considered doing this had it not been with someone who's already done it before. So no pressure on you at all, Joe.
Brian:Nope. Alright. Let's get after it,
Joe:shall we? Let's do it. K.
Brian:Okay. We're only two tenths of a mile down. But one thing that I've noticed so far from the that that's the biggest difference from when I did this when there was no snow is the snow, since there was traffic before us, actually makes the trail easier to follow. I did not see that coming.
Joe:Yeah. I didn't expect that either. I didn't think anyone else would be stupid enough to do this trail right now.
Brian:Can you imagine being the first one on it after a snowfall?
Joe:No. No. If you got three inches of snow, I think the trail would just disappear.
Brian:What's this like just seeing the seeing the sunrise in the canyon? You probably never get tired of it.
Joe:There is nothing like the sunrise in the canyon. Canyon. Sunset's pretty good too because it's easier to stay up for. But yeah, sunrise in the canyon is something special. It's the beginning of a new day, a new adventure.
Joe:Anything's possible. It's a clean slate. You get to ride it. So it's just everything.
Brian:Alright. We are a mile in exactly 1,173 vertical feet. And so far, again, the surprise of this trip has been there's been traffic before us on the snow, which has made the trail easier to follow. We got lost zero times on the way down. And when I did this trail back in the fall when there was no snow on it or just a little bit of snow, I got lost when I was by myself four times just on the way down, and it took me two hours to go two miles.
Brian:This time, we're at forty seven minutes, and we've gone a mile. So our pace is good. We're we've been able to keep track of where we are, and we'll probably be able to ditch the spikes here pretty soon. There's still some snow and ice, so not quite yet. And you know how it is.
Brian:Usually, when you ditch the the spikes, you go around the next corner and you you wish you hadn't. So we'll wait until we're absolutely positive. It's warming up. Sun is rising over the canyon still. It's a glorious day on new hands.
Brian:Let's keep at it. Alright. Feels good to get those off. We are 1.63 miles in. We've been at it an hour and thirteen minutes.
Brian:And in that 1.6 miles, we're right at 1,900 feet of elevation. So very steep. It's gonna feel very steep going out of here, but a lot still to see. So we are let's see. 1.6.
Brian:So we are still about just under five miles from the river. Great. You get to the section just below the red wall which is very steep and tough to get through and you get just this little smooth section where the trail is really defined and it's relatively flat and feels like a really nice break. It feels like a reward. We are three and a half miles in.
Brian:We have descended 2,978 feet in two hours and thirty minutes. So making good time, I think. I think it's gonna be a little quicker from here to the river, because we're past the steepest of the stuff, I think. Not a cloud in the sky. Cold, probably in the forties right now, and optimum hiking conditions, I would call it.
Brian:So great time to be in the in the canyon at the January when there's not a big winter storm rolling through. Now even though we got away with it because of the tracks being easy to follow-up top, Newhance still gives you ample opportunity to get lost, even when you're paying attention. Just above Red Canyon, as we walked along some reddish, volcanic looking loose gravel, Joe suddenly realized we'd gotten ourselves off trail. Think you're on it? But he did have a Garmin in So reach with we were able to see where we were on the device and eventually scramble our way back to the route.
Brian:Yeah. You can see we've really gotten ourselves off trail. Your instinct was right. You just kinda looked up and said, this doesn't feel
Joe:disappeared below us and we don't know where we missed a turn. But we're not real far. We're maybe a 100 feet off.
Brian:Yeah. Not too bad. And we gotta I see a couple of Karens up here, so we're not the first ones. So hey. It's part of the New Hance adventure.
Brian:Gotta get lost at least once or twice. Right? Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Joe:Yeah. That's part of the fun. Alright.
Brian:Able to bushel rock our way and and find it again, but not a place that I would wanna be after dark, let's say, without any cairns or anything. You're just kinda picking your way around looking for something that could be trail. But we got it now, so all is well. But, man, I said I would not hike this by myself, so I'm glad I'm, with somebody for situations just like that. Really cool hearing and seeing the water running here at the bottom of this, drainage.
Brian:We crossed this drainage not too far ago, and it was completely dry. So there's a perennial water source somewhere feeding this, But this, little slot canyon here is just absolutely gorgeous. You got different colors, different layers. Obviously, the water has run through here for eons and has just created this this magical little slot canyon. Super, super cool.
Brian:About four and half miles into the hike. Definitely a highlight of the trip to this point. Spectacular. So almost five miles in now, and elevation 4,155 feet is what I have. And we've been at this for three hours and twenty five minutes.
Brian:So apparently now we just kinda hike down through the through this creek bed, through this drainage, and it's a little bit easier. Feels good on the feet. Feels good on the legs, and a little bit of a different experience. The more layers you come down through into the Grand Canyon, the more different footing, elevation, and general hiking experiences you have. So it's like it's always changing.
Brian:It's pretty awesome.
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Brian:Okay. I gotta tell you. This hike through the Red Canyon Creek bed was just awesome. It was mostly easy, but there were some spots where you had to work your way down some boulders. And we also got to see what I thought was one of the coolest parts of the hike, the remnants of a gigantic rock slide that probably started a thousand feet or more above us on the left, and they'd taken out an entire slope that's hundreds of yards wide, so you've got all that red interrupted by giant white boulders.
Brian:Quite a contrast and just an awesome thing to see. And one of those moments where you just know the video and pictures you capture will not come close to doing justice to what your own eyes are telling you. This is a really cool perspective as we walk through this drainage, and you look up and you see how there's just this gigantic rock fall up here that happened who knows how long ago. But we're in the middle of this creek bed, essentially, and you can see how these rocks, these giant boulders have planted themselves in the middle of this creek bed, in the middle of this drainage. It's a real good visual of why at the bottom of drainages in the Grand Canyon, such as at the bottom of this, you'll find Hance Rapid.
Brian:And at the bottom of other drainages in the Grand Canyon is where you typically find the rapids because displaced boulders have gotten themselves into the river channel right there and that's what helps create the rapid. So I just thought this is a really cool visual as we walk down here, down the Newhance Trail almost to the river. But just imagine what this rockfall sounded like, looked like whenever it happened. It's just it's so much bigger and grander than what you'll be able to see on video. Just an incredible thing to see with the naked eye.
Brian:Amazing. Shortly after the boulder field comes the roar, Hance Rapid, one of the fiercest in the canyon just ahead. I can't tell you how satisfying it is to come around the corner after walking through this riverbed for so long, this creek bed for so long, and to see the Colorado finally. We've heard it for a long time. Hance Rapid just roaring.
Brian:Man, this is so awesome. It's just so satisfying. It's such a it's such a perfect payoff at the end of a of a long difficult down climb. God, what a spot. Oh my god.
Brian:Look at this. Let's go. Whoo. Yes. This is freaking amazing.
Brian:Oh, this is just gorgeous. Huge bonus for us. We got down to Hance Rapid just as a river trip is coming through. We're gonna get to watch them navigate Hance Rapid. This is gonna be awesome.
Brian:And it was. But everybody was about to get more than they bargained for. The river trip, a non commercial one this time of year made up of five or six rafts, stopped just upriver opposite us and everyone made a short climb to have a look at Hance, kind of scout it out and choose their line. Not long after, they were back in the rafts and pushing off. But no sooner did the first boat enter the rapid than it got stuck immediately.
Brian:Seeing this, the next one through a smaller two man raft was able to furiously paddle to a stop in the middle of the rapid. It's one of the craziest things I have ever seen with one of the men then stepping out onto the boulders. Yeah. Right in the middle of Hance Rapid, probably a 100 feet downriver from the stuck boat. Look, I don't know anything about this stuff, but I know that that first boat out there, that was the first one through and they got themselves stuck.
Brian:And so you got these guys in the middle of the rapids. I don't know what they're gonna do. I mean, they can't get to them, so I don't know what these guys that are standing out here in the middle are are gonna do, but they've been stuck for about five minutes right there at the head of, Hance Rapid. And I don't know how they're gonna get themselves unstuck. I don't know what happened to them, but yeah, they're stuck.
Brian:They were the first boat through and they've been out there for about five minutes now. It's really hard to imagine the utter panic that they must be feeling right now, being stuck and with nobody able to get to them to help and with not knowing how they're gonna get out of this situation. Yeah. Right about then, the two Raptors who were stuck were able to grab onto a rope thrown by the sorry, the total badass standing in the middle of Hance Rapid on a boulder, and they were able to pull themselves free. Now while this was happening, the other raft successfully made it through, and one of their occupants, a young lady named Kaia, had come down the beach to where Joe and I were standing to watch.
Brian:Okay, Kaia. We just saw some drama there. Tell us what we saw.
Kya:So what we saw was we were entering into the duck pond where we initially wanted to go, and then we just got surfed, and they kept getting surfed and surfed. Thankfully, we didn't have a flip, but we threw out the throw bag and got out, and now we got a couple bags to go chase.
Brian:So What was the, what do you think there that was going through their minds as they were stuck?
Kya:They were freaking out, man. They're getting tired. I just I couldn't imagine. That's just very stressful situation to be in, but hopefully, we're all good and we're out of we're out of hands.
Brian:Is this is this stressful for you guys too to watch and
Kya:not absolutely. Yeah. Nothing you can do want my boats to flip out there. These are 2,000 pound boats. We gotta flip back over.
Kya:They're heavy.
Brian:So So if nothing else, they have a memory.
Kya:They have a memory. We have memories and and we were expecting that out of hands. So it's it's no joke out here.
Brian:So that was crazy. First boat through, gets itself stuck. They're stuck out there for five to ten minutes, probably closer to ten minutes. Getting tired, trying to extricate themselves from the situation, and eventually they did and went happily on their way. But man, I can't imagine the panic that they were feeling as they were just stuck out there for that, that amount of time trying to figure out how they could dislodge their boat or whatever it was that was happening out there.
Brian:So what an event to witness. It was something else. By the way, the folks on the river trip would be the only humans we would see all day long. No hikers, no backpackers, nada. On the way out, it's just Joe and me and the increasing sounds of heavy breathing and labored footsteps.
Brian:Alright. Just pulling out of the Hance Rapid area and beginning our ascent back up to the rim. We have about six hours of daylight left, and I think we should be okay. But it took us just over four hours to get down here, And the six and a half miles going back up with about 5,000 vertical feet to gain, gonna be a lot tougher. I think we can do it.
Brian:Less than six hours, that is the goal, and this adventure will be complete. And now the hard work begins. So as usual, things are not gonna be nearly as fun or nearly as beautiful and amazing on the way out. That's just kind of the nature of Grand Canyon hiking, but I feel like so far, it's a 100 out of 10. Spectacular.
Brian:Isn't it crazy how quiet it is out here? We don't say anything. We stop walking.
Joe:I don't hear a thing.
Brian:Nothing. Nothing. It's it's pretty spectacular. How are you feeling? You did you did about an eight mile hike yesterday on Hermit, which if I would have known that, I might have encouraged you not to do that so that you're ready for today.
Brian:But how how are you
Joe:feeling overall? Oh, I feel okay. I'm slow as usual, and I have to take more frequent breaks to catch my breath than Brian does.
Brian:I don't mind stopping, believe me, because it's so nice to be able to stop and look around. Like this spot that we're in right now where we've just got this panoramic view of the canyon. It's just it's gorgeous. And if we hadn't stopped to take a breath, we would've just marched right on through it. So important to stop and and look around in the canyon whenever you get the chance because it it doesn't disappoint.
Joe:It's all illuminated by the sun now, whereas half of it was shaded earlier.
Brian:Steep. Steep. Steep. Almost the top of the Red Wall, though. Got some big old boulder fields you gotta pick your way through from time to time here on New Hands.
Brian:It's funny because when I was younger, wouldn't even even thought anything of it. But the older I get, the more that you get out on those boulders and you're just it's like my mind is subliminally telling me that this is dangerous. This is not okay. Be careful. Don't take that step.
Brian:It's like a restrictor plate in your mind. Kinda interesting. Alright. We just hit 12 total miles, and we have oh, let's see. We've ascended about 3,500 vertical feet.
Brian:So so about fifteen, sixteen hundred to go over the next mile, mile and a half, mile and a half about, and then we'll be out of here. But it's definitely gotten, tougher. We definitely slowed down. I think we're gonna get done before dark, which is really the primary goal. Yeah.
Brian:We're nearing that point where it's time to get out of here, and pretty soon, we're gonna come back to the snow.
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Brian:How you feeling? Stumbly. Stumbly? What does stumbling mean?
Joe:Means I have generally overexerted for the day, which isn't a huge problem. I just have to be a little more careful. As I place my steps, I'm a little less balanced. I'll make it out. I always have, but I'm feeling it.
Joe:This was a this was a long hike.
Brian:But is that something you've noticed with with age, the the balance?
Joe:Because it's
Brian:more of an issue and the stumbling is and they're getting tired faster?
Joe:Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. I'm not 30 anymore. I'm not even 50 anymore, which was pretty good being at 50.
Joe:But I've still got it. I've never attempted a hike in Grand Canyon I couldn't do. So let's let's hope we keep this keep that streak going.
Brian:And, again, this is Joe's first ever Rinta River in one day. He has so much Grand Canyon experience that it's it's kinda hard to believe that, but it just never really occurred to you to do it all in one day.
Joe:No. No. I've always been a backpacker. So, if we go to the river, we camp. I don't know that I would make a habit of it, honestly.
Joe:Yeah. And I imagine this is similar to what a rim to rim is like in one day, which I've never done that.
Brian:For
Joe:sure. I've done rim to rim in two days, but never in one. So don't really know what that is like either.
Brian:Well, I think it's awesome that at the end, you're gonna be able to reflect. And now you've done something big like this in a day, and you'll probably decide that I'd rather do it in multiple days. There's nothing wrong with that, man. I mean, that's getting to stop and chill and enjoy the canyon is like, we could have spent hours down there at the at Hance Rapid. We could have spent hours down there.
Brian:Was so beautiful. It was so peaceful. It was fun watching the river trip come through. It was just fun being there. I mean, I could have just stayed there forever.
Brian:So when you backpack, you get to do those things. When you're day hiking and trying to do this all in a day and especially in the winter when the days are short. I mean, we're racing the racing sunset now.
Joe:Yep. I'll be honest with you, Brian. I was very skeptical we would get out before it was time to put headlamps on. Now, I think we will. But when we started this morning, I would have bet, nah, we're coming out under headlamp.
Brian:Well, we're not done yet. We've got a mile and a half to go. Fortunately, I did remember my headlamp this time, so I'll be okay if we have to to get out of here under artificial light. But I really don't want to because upper Oh, no. The upper part of this trail, I'd rather be out in daylight.
Brian:It's hard enough to follow in the daylight. So Yeah. Alright. Let's get back at it. Finish this thing off.
Brian:Let's do it. We're almost to that point where it's like, okay. It's time to be done. It's time to be done, but a little more work to do. Onward.
Brian:Alright. Once again, as we pick our way through the Coconino sandstone here as we get closer to the top, when you see a cairn out here, it can be the most reassuring thing in the world because it's so easy to lose a trail in so many places. So when you do happen to run into a cairn, it's just very comforting. It makes you makes you realize that you're not too not too far off off track. Okay.
Brian:I've gotten lost here before and I think I just got us lost. I know we're lost. Oh. I just came around this corner and I saw this. And it looked familiar because when I was on new hands a couple of months ago, I went to the exact same spot and I was lost.
Brian:Like, we knew what we were doing.
Joe:I'm sorry. I I can't make the corner. And, yes, you can include that in the video.
Brian:You know, you don't have a choice.
Joe:Well, I have to make the corner, yeah, eventually. You guys that do rim to river for fun, you're crazy. Crazy.
Brian:Where is the trail? I think it's up here to the left. I think it has to be. I don't think there's any other place it could be. Because you're blocked off by the Coconino over here.
Joe:None of this looks reasonable. I mean, not that this looks reasonable.
Brian:It's gotta be up here. It's gotta be. Famous last words. It's gotta be up there. Gotta be.
Brian:Let me know, Joe.
Joe:Looks like, yeah, there's a lot of straight marks from poles.
Brian:That's another thing. If you're not sure if you're going the right way, especially when you're on this Coconino, the sandstone that's a little bit softer, you could see the the marks from crampons and micro spikes and from people's poles, and that can kinda give you a hint that you're in the right place. Question sometimes becomes, how do I film and hold my sticks and get up this at the same time? Anything for the shot, baby. Anything for the shot.
Brian:Not anything, but you know what I mean. Yeah. Obstacles off corridors. Sometimes you gotta step over fallen trees. It's final straightaway right here.
Brian:I'm pretty sure. There it is, baby. Let's go. Now I chose to mark the end of the hike by tapping the trailhead sign with my sticks. Yes.
Brian:And Joe is right behind me. Joe Let's go. Did it differently. It was a full smooch. Yeah.
Brian:Hey. So how are you feeling? Oh. Finally finished. I mean It's awesome.
Joe:My legs hurt, but that was expected. We got out with some daylight left.
Brian:Barely, man.
Arnie:We made
Joe:me. Fantastic day. Absolutely fantastic day.
Brian:You've done REM forever in a day now. On new hands.
Joe:Would I do it tomorrow?
Brian:Oh, well, come on. All in all, an amazing day getting all the way down to Hanser Rapid. Just a fabulous day. New hands. Checked off the list.
Brian:It's done. Thanks for doing it, man.
Joe:Hey. Thank you for agreeing.
Brian:Yeah. Thanks for the invitation. It was a it was a joy, and there's much more to come in the in the years ahead. Let's go.
Joe:Let's go.
Brian:And that was a rim to river on New Hance with Joe Adlock. Another unforgettable day below the rim. I should mention that this hike should not be attempted during the warmer months. There's little shade and the only water you can be sure that you'll find is the Colorado. But during the winter months, hey, as long as there's not a lot of snow to deal with and especially fresh snow, it is divine.
Brian:Right at 13 miles and, well, about 10,000 vertical feet down and back up again. So a big, big day. Well, like all Grand Canyon hikes, this one took planning, maybe even more so than usual since I was venturing to parts unknown, for me at least. And it just so happens that planning is on coach Arne's mind. Here's our community's exercise physiologist and canyon coach on questions you need to be asking yourself before your training even begins.
Arnie:This week's tip is I'm calling it trained for your adventure because I wanna get a little granular now with you here. Because once you have decided what you want to do, you must break it down. You know? What's the timeline? When are you gonna do this?
Arnie:How much time do you have to train? What does it look like? Okay? What skills do I need? You know, how's your endurance?
Arnie:How's your strength? Are you healthy? Are you overcoming injuries, foot problems, hip problems, back problems? These are all things that you must look into as far as training for your adventure. So what skills am I gonna need?
Arnie:Also, depends on what you wanna do. A rim to river is different than a rim to rim or vice versa or if you're on some other trail in the canyon. Because if you're just going down and up, those are much different muscles than hiking around the block or on a level trail. You've gotta work on different muscles, and you gotta focus on those downhill, uphill muscles. You gotta work on posture and different things that may not be as important when you're hiking on a more level trail in your general area or especially if you're a flatlander.
Arnie:So you gotta work in those kind of details, and you gotta think about it. It's important. It really is. So how must I design my program? How are you gonna design your program?
Arnie:You must design your plan around these four areas, your travel, your lodging, your supplies, and your nutrition. Those are all the things that you must focus on. Those four things are super important before you really even start. Okay? So once you have all those things lined up, how's your travel?
Arnie:How's your lodging gonna be done? What supplies are you gonna need? And then your nutrition plan. Again, all these things, especially with the nutrition and supplies, you're gonna be working on as you're training, but you gotta know where you're starting from. You gotta have some kind of an idea.
Arnie:And most people pick things up from their friends or other people or when they've done it before, and, hopefully, you're improving upon whatever you had done before. Then And once all that is done, all that is done from timeline to what you're gonna do and all these things, you have a nice succinct plan put together, guess what? Go to work. Get after it. Get some things done, and you will be ready for your adventure.
Arnie:Not someone else's adventure, your specific adventure. I love you guys. Give me a call if you have any questions, and let's make this a great Grand Canyon season. I love you.
Brian:Coach Arnie, Arnie Fonseca Junior. If you wanna talk to coach, he'd love to chat with you. His contact information, including his phone number, is in the show notes. Hey, if you found value in any of the 100 plus shows we've now done, can you believe it, would you please take a minute or two to leave us a rating and review wherever you're listening? Would you please do that for us?
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Brian:That is it for now. My name is Brian Special, encouraging you as always to go hike the canyon. You can do it. Take that first step. Embrace the journey.
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