
Starting along the Bright Angel Trail.

A carved tunnel along the trail.

Descending. You can see the rim above.

Close-up toward the many switchbacks along the Bright Angel Trail.

View at the canyon the Bright Angel Trail descends.

View back up toward the rim.

Some pretty plants along the trail, shortly before reaching the Indian Garden Campground.

Indian Garden Campground.

Continuing along the Bright Angel Trail as it enters some narrows.

Garden Creek's drainage becomes more obvious on the left.

View back the way we came.

The Bright Angel Trail opens up again, exiting the narrows.

The technical portion of Garden Creek Canyon comes into view on the left (tree in the center).

Head of Garden Creek Canyon. The first rappel is not within the watercourse, instead located on the left side of the canyon, center of this photo.

Close-up toward the head of Garden Creek.

First rappel.

Matt coming down the first rappel, skipping a few of the small waterfall obstacles.

Close-up of the last bit of the first rappel.

Second rappel, 120'.

View back as I start down rap 2, which wanders a little before dropping.

Rap 2, wandering a bit.

Gorgeous carved narrows within Rap 2.

Rap 2's drop.

View back at rap 2.

Matt coming down rap 2.

Rap 3, the big cascade.

Chris starting down the big cascade rappel. We did it as one big rappel, but apparently there's a midpoint for splitting it into two parts.

Close-up of the drop.

Bottom of the big cascade.

Close-up toward the bottom of the gorgeous cascade.

Chris looking back toward the big cascade.


A short obstacle. If the pool is deep enough, you can slide in.

Start of our 4th rappel, my favorite. The anchor is bolted farther up to help avoid a potentially problematic pull.

View down the rappel.


Gorgeous waterfall.

Close-up of the bottom of the rap.

At the bottom of the rap, looking back.

Another shot looking back at the gorgeous narrows.

A short hike through some narrows to the final rappel.

Final rappel of Garden Creek Canyon.

View back as Chris comes down the final rap.

Final rappel.

Close-up at Chris on the last rap.

Chris at the bottom of the last rap. The Bright Angel Trail is visible in the sun on the left.

Hiking along the Bright Angel Trail, ascending back to the rim.

View back as we make our way up the Bright Angel Trail.

Sunset photo, almost back to the rim.
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