Greg's post about their planned Arizona trip finally motivated me to do a page and post some pics of our 1988 mule trip down to the phantom ranch in the Grand Canyon..

http://home.4x4wire.com/deddleman/gcmuletrip/

Only happened 26 years ago.. just now posting pics.. How's that for timeliness? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> Jeez... didn't even have the 4Runner then....

The pics were slides I had taken of the trip and only this year did I buy a good scanner and get them digitized...

We did the GC mule ride down and over night stay at the Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the canyon back in 1988. Reservations for this must be made 6-8 months in advance.

As the literature says.. "Make sure you know what you are getting into". This trip is not for everybody.

It is high up on the list of lifetime experiences. http://grandcanyon.com/gcnmule.html

No humans have lost their lives on this trip in the last 80 years, but to make the point of the potential risk, on the way out, the wrangler told and showed us where 3 pack mules were killed in a fall down the canyon wall, just 2 weeks earlier. It was in the area of the photo of the pack team making their way down.