Bright Angel: Rim To River Dayhike

This was my seventh hike on the Bright Angel Trail, and the first after I discovered Bradford Washburn's 1:4,800 map with mileages recorded to hundredths for ~70 locations along the trail. Hence I decided to devote some time on this hike to recording the mileages given by my pedometer so that I could compute the accuracy of my pedometer. As a result, the log below is very much larger than a normal log. The act of recording probably lengthened the hike by a small amount.

For the results, see Pedometer Accuracy.

For a general description of the Bright Angel Trail, and links to actual writeups of other hikes, see Bright Angel Trail.

Recording number	Mileage	Time arrived	Time left	Altitude	Comments. Numbers refer to the Washburn Location.
0	0	08:47		6850	head bright angel trail
1	0.1	08:50			first tunnel
2	0.85	09:08			3
3	1.2	09:17			6
4	1.25	09:19			7
5	1.3	09:20			8
6	1.55	09:26		5700	1.5 mile resthouse
7	1.65	09:31			new toilet!
8	1.75	09:35			11
9	1.95	09:39			13
10	2.05	09:43			14
11	2.3	09:48			16
12	2.4	09:51			17
13	2.45	09:52		5250	18
14	2.55	09:55			19
15	2.55	09:56			20
16	2.6	09:58			21
17	2.7	09:59			22
18	2.8	10:02			23
19	2.95	10:05			25
20	3	10:07			26
21	3.25	10:11		4750	3 mile resthouse
22	3.35	10:14			27
23	3.55	10:20			28
24	3.75	10:24			29
25	4	10:29			30
26	4.05	10:31			31
27	4.3	10:36			32
28	4.5	10:40			33
29	4.8	10:46
30	4.95	10:49
31	5.05	10:52		3700	day use area at indian gardens
32	5.3	11:24			36
33	5.55	11:32		3550	39
34	5.9	11:40			41
35	6.25	11:49			43
36	6.3	11:50			44
37	6.4	11:54			46
38	6.5	11:56			47
39	6.7	12:01			48
40	6.9	12:06			49
41	7	12:10			50
42	7.05	12:11			51
43	7.15	12:13			52
44	7.3	12:18			53
45	7.5	12:26			55
46	7.65	12:29			56
47	8.05	12:43			60
48	8.2	12:46			61
49	8.25	12:49	01:12	2400	river resthouse
50	8.4	01:16	01:23	2300	beach. water temp: 54, air temp: 78
51	8.5	01:25			62
52	8.6	01:28			61
53	8.75	01:31			60
54	8.8	01:34			59?
55	9	01:38			57
56	9.05	01:41			56
57	9.25	01:45			55
58	9.25	01:47			54
59	9.4	01:53			53
60	9.55	01:59			52
61	9.65	02:02			51
62	9.7	02:05			50
63	9.8	02:10			49
64	10	02:15			48
65	10.2	02:22			47
66	10.25	02:26			46
67	10.4	02:29			45
68	10.45	02:30			44
69	10.75	02:41			42
70	10.75	02:44			41
71	11.15	02:53		3650	39 - tonto east
72	11.45	03:03			36
73	11.45	03:05		3800	indian garden resthouse
74	11.55	03:43			36
75	11.75	03:49			past 35
76	11.85	03:51			34
77	12.1	03:58			33
78	12.25	04:03			32
79	12.5	04:09			31
80	12.55	04:10			30
81	12.75	04:16			29
82	12.9	04:21			28
83	13.05	04:28			27
84	13.2	04:31	04:40	4700	jct. 3 mile resthouse
85	13.35	04:46			26
86	13.4	04:48			25
87	13.5	04:51			24
88	13.5	04:52			23
89	13.6	04:55			22
90	13.7	04:57			21
91	13.7	04:59			20
92	13.75	05:00			19
93	13.8	05:02			18
94	13.85	05:04			17
95	13.95	05:07			16
96	14.05	05:11			15
97	14.2	05:14			14
98	14.25	05:17			13
99	14.35	05:21			12
100	14.5	05:25			11
101	14.55	05:27			10
102	14.55	05:29	05:41	5700	1.5 mile resthouse
103	14.7	05:44			9
104	14.85	05:50			8
105	14.9	05:52			7
106	15	05:55			6
107	15.05	05:58			5
108	15.2	06:01			4
109	15.25	06:05			3
110	15.25	06:06			tunnel
111	15.45	06:12			2
112	15.75	06:31			1
113	16.05	06:45			top

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