[JuancoRocks]

Yes...From personal experience while hiking the Grand Canyon.
About the third or fourth time I had hiked the canyon only this time it was a little different.

I went with a bunch of firemen friends from work who had decided to hike at midnight......after we started, they decided to spice it up a little bit by running with full packs in the dark instead of just hiking. We made about 7 or 8 miles and reluctantly decided to stop for the night.

It was kinda cold by then, as we had dropped down almost a mile in elevation, but I was warmed by two "trail dogs" that adopted me and snuggled up to my sleeping bag and kept me warm throughout the night. Early next morning we hiked the rest of the way to the camping area.

I don't normally have any foot problems, but running that night had blistered my feet beyond belief. I think the running had caused my feet to sweat and that caused the blistering. These were quarter sized and were all over both feet.

While walking to the falls to soak my blisters, I met a young lady who was camping alone and she asked why I was limping. After seeing my feet she came up an antiseptic and the most wonderful foam adhesive bandages (not moleskin) and put them on my blisters after I had soaked them in the icy cold water. Instant relief . Ahhh!

I invited her to come up to our camp for dinner that night and she accepted. I told the guys about my meeting with her and that I had invited her for dinner and they being guys immediately determined she just wanted to jump my bones. I assured them that was not the case and besides that I was happily married. She came to dinner and they were almost civilized in their treatment of her.

The night before we were going to hike out, the guys told me they were going to leave me in the dust as I was still limping badly and that they were going to drink all the cold beer I had in my truck at the top of the canyon. No mercy.

That night she came by our camp and offered to leave with me early in the morning (before daybreak) so I would have adequate time to make the twelve mile hike to the top.

We did leave early in the morning and hiked non-stop to the top in 3 hours and 15 minutes. A very fast time and unbelievable considering the condition of my feet.I beat their time by almost an hour.

She drank a frosty cold beer with me, I gave her my business card and a custom hiking stick made from a Saguaro cactus rib and she disappeared into the forest and I never saw or heard from her again.

Reading this, it just doesn't have the same impact as the actual experience. I guess you had to be there.

Lets just say I flew up the canyon on the wings of an Angel......