I arrived at the south rim mid afternoon on Sunday, leaving me enough time to hike 3 miles down the Bright Angel trail before heading to the campground to make dinner and pitch the tent. At night I heard elk bugling nearby.
Today (Monday) I hiked all the way down to the Colorado river. I didn't want to wait, because the next few days will be hotter. It was mid 80s in the inner canyon, where temps often top 100 degrees.
...until 2 miles from the rim, when my legs literally ran out of energy (glycogen). After taking a break, eating lots of trail mix and pretzels, and drinking over a liter of water I felt much better. Though I did take another break to chat with a video game designer from Austin. He told me that he has an "insane" workstation with two AMD Epyc processors and 96G RAM.
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