[pct-l] Americas 10 most dangerous hikes?

[Brett]

To my knowledge, none of the trails in GC requires a permit to hike it, 
that is, to make it potentially dangerous. In fact, one could argue that 
the overnight permit system makes the Canyon *more* dangerous by 
encouraging day hiking to the river and back. Of the three main corridor 
trails, I would assume BAT is the most popular and/or the one that 
receives the most SAR incidents, evacuations, and the like, and that 
that is the reason it was highlighted in the article.

In any case, I get the sense the Top 10 list is (like most) of the 
"vague and impressionistic" genre, rather than something based on 
definitive, correlative info. Ie, "the Maze" is a region, not a trail, 
and "Mount Washington" has many trails.

Not a Canyon rat, and I don't hold the record for Rim to Rim to Rim 
either. (It took me 17 hours.)

- blisterfree

> Blisterfree, yethinks wrong.
> Judging by your reply, it appears you either have never hiked the ''Canyon, only hiked the 
> Bright Angel,or have not hiked the ''Canyon'' recently, because if you hiked it recently you 
> would know that most of the Grand Canyon trails are not only popular, but so popular that 
> getting a permit can be difficult.
> BTW, I don't know if you ever hiked, or are familiar with the Grand Canyon Nankoweap Trail, but 
> for your information there have been more than one casualties on the Nankoweap Trail in recent 
> years.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> The Canyon Rat