Last week, I took my pack and hammock out to AZ to backpack down into the Havasupai Indian Reservation within the Grand Canyon, but just outside of the National Park. I spent 4 nights out and have attached a video. The trail begins on a hilltop 60 miles up Indian Road 18 and begins its descent into the canyon with a mile and a half of switchbacks. Supai, the village is about 8 miles in and the campgrounds are another 2 to 2.5 miles past that. I visited numerous falls including Old and New Navajo, Havasu, Mooney and Beaver. The river itself is a tributary of the Colorado. A week prior to my trip, much of the campground and some of the village structures were hit hard by flash floods and destroyed. The dogs in the video were indian dogs that ran loose within the canyon and village. Many hang out at the trailhead and wait for mule trains and backpackers. Two young dogs followed me around for 16 miles the first day and stayed with me until I left a few days later. I'll admit that I fell in love with a little red guy. They slept under my hammock each night and never left my side. One morning I woke up to the camp dogs playing tug of war with my hiking socks and they had carried my boots a ways from the site. It taught me a lesson!
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Just awesome!
Originally Posted by Dos
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