Shoes (bindings, crampons) Because all trips to the Grand Canyon depend on your feet, and protecting your feet is the equivalent of protecting your life, a good pair of shoes becomes the most important thing in your equipment. Many people recommend wearing military rubber shoes with canvas uppers when traveling in the Grand Canyon, but it still depends on what season you are entering the Grand Canyon. Every year, during the rainy season, many of the roads into the canyon are severely waterlogged, the roads are nearly covered in rotting mud, and there are severe mudslides and landslides.
Many times your limbs and feet get stuck in said troubles, and even the mud in the mudslide ditches sometimes comes up to your waist. It doesn't really matter what kind of shoes you wear at this time, so military rubber is lightweight, sensitive and inexpensive, so it becomes your choice. Also, when you walk the Murray Road in the rainy season, your feet actually spend most of the time soaking in water-filled wet shoes (which is one of the reasons why many people lose their toenails after walking in the rainy season).
The canvas fabric of the military rubber not only hugs your feet, but also lets water in and out easily. Its downside is that the rubber sole on the ball of your foot is so thin it feels like nothing. On those gravel-covered trails in Murdock, you often think you're stepping barefoot on rocks. The pain in the soles of your feet at the end of a day like this will make you grin. After the rainy season ends, from August to October, the condition of the mountain roads improves slightly, and mudslides and road siltation are less serious.
High-top hiking shoes are most comfortable in this season. They generally have thicker wear-resistant soles and deeper anti-skid patterns, and are generally more effective at preventing skidding on dirt roads. Of course, if you step on bare moss-covered rocks, you can still fall. The tall, thick upper stabilizes and protects your ankles, and most importantly the hard sole helps you resist the impact of large and small rocks on the soles of your feet. It is very comfortable to wear such shoes than military rubber.
Whether you wear expensive high-top hiking shoes or cheap military rubber, having a pair of bottoms is essential. It seems to do for shoes what a coffee mate does for coffee. Plus, leeches and snakes are plentiful to give you some security. You can have a stick in your hand if you feel the need. In addition to hiking, you can use it to pick off snakes lying in the road.
Don't bring a very expensive hiking stick, you can find a sturdy one on the road. One good thing about the wooden stick is that you can stick it in the pass as a souvenir after climbing passes such as DuoXiongLa Pass, and form an imposing dog-stick array with those sticks that remain in the pass after use. Special reminder: whether your shoes are expensive or not, your feet are treated equally: as long as you are not always carrying dozens of pounds of backpacks in the city to buy groceries, go to work or squeeze buses, usually walk two days in the mountains, your feet will be blistered.
That's OK. All you need to do is get a needle or use the tip of a knife to poke the blister into your eye and squeeze the water out of it. Those blisters will go away in a couple of days, but it's best not to rip the whole blister out, as it will hurt like an anvil to walk on. Whenever you feel pebbles or sand in your shoes, take off your shoes and wipe them off right away, or your feet will be easily abraded by those little things. Maybe your long-planned and well-prepared Murdock will be ruined by these little things.
It's hard to walk when your feet are abraded, and if you don't do something about it, it's easy to cause vasculitis, and that's a problem. The treatment is to make sure you don't walk again, then you can apply green ointment or something like that. The local treatment is to burn old lard (one or two years old, the water may have drained out) and apply it to the decayed part of the foot while it is still hot, which is rather painful. Also, it is hard to walk for too long after the foot grows out, and even if a it is easy to wear out again Tying the leg binding is also a learned skill. Legs that are too tight get tired quickly, and legs that are too loose don't do much good. Walking for a while will take the name of Wang Da Ma Shroud -, loose, smelly and long. When you tie your legs, it's best to tie them standing up so that they feel loose and tight.
When traveling in the Grand Canyon, you don't need to bring those thick clothes because of the warm climate. A long-sleeved t-shirt with a fleece at most will suffice. Whether or not you enter the Grand Canyon Murray region during the rainy season, a jacket with excellent rain protection is one of the essential equipment anyway, and underwear with good sweat-wicking performance is also useful. As for those paper underwear that many people like to use, although you may only have a leather band around your waist after struggling in the mud and water all day, it's better than wearing those soggy cotton underwear the next day. Due to the special climate of the Grand Canyon area, the so-called jungle tent, which emphasizes ventilation, rain and mosquito performance, is the best choice for a tent. You don't have to think too much about the windproof and insulating properties of the tent.
Meanwhile, the weight of such jungle tents is generally lighter. It should be reminded that the anti-mosquito nylon mesh on the inner layer of some tents cannot keep out the pervasive organizing bugs, unless they are cloth tents. Apart from sleeping bags, such as the Nag at the foot of Doxiongla, where temperatures are cooler, most areas where you can camp do not require thick sleeping bags. A regular 3M porous cotton sleeping bag will do. If medication is to be used for a long stay in the Grand Canyon, you need to prepare medication according to your health condition. If you are in a position to do so, you should prepare some medicine for preventing fever and malaria before traveling, and also some medicine for treating snakebite, such as Jidusheng Snake Medicine. This medicine is not always useful when bitten by a snake. After all, the chances of being bitten by a snake are still relatively small.
Sometimes, these medicines can treat the bites of poisonous insects such as poisonous bees. This kind of special medicine is not good to buy in Tibet and needs to be prepared in your city. After being bitten by the first grasshopper in the Grand Canyon - there is no need for treatment, the injury heals itself. The bite is gentle and painless. The only thing you have to be careful of is not to forcefully pull it out when it crawls to suck blood. Otherwise the leech's sucker will break off in the skin, which can easily cause infection.
The correct way is to gently pile around the leech with your hand, or apply vinegar, white wine, salt water, tobacco water and cool oil. On leeches, leeches can come out by themselves. After the leech falls out, press the wound with a clean finger or gauze to stop the bleeding after 1-2 minutes. Then, apply purple salve or iodine to the bleeding point, or wrap the affected area with gauze. Be careful not to let the wound get wet to avoid infection. A headache is the grass louse, also called the bamboo louse. When it bites, it is rude. You make an ouchy sound with just one bite, and then you can see that the horse's head has dug into the flesh, leaving only a flat, rounded belly outside the body.
When you shield it, it looks like a piece of meat coming out of your body. Be careful when you pull it out. If you accidentally break its head and leave it inside your body, you're in big trouble. You'll need to cut yourself open with a knife and pick that thing out of your biological flesh! When staying in the homes of the Mombas and Barros in the canyon, few escaped the bites of lice and fleas, and they carried cool oil and wind babies. If it's not too much trouble, bring a bottle of insecticide. Spray it before you go to bed. Offense is the best defense. Compass If you're just following the regular route into the Grand Canyon and Murray County, you don't need a GPS or anything like that.
A good wristband compass will do. When it comes to big events, at most bring a 62 type military compass. Also, a waterproof and drop-proof flashlight or headlamp is a must, and you'll want to bring enough batteries. There is a home made multi-purpose military water bottle that is very useful for canyon trips. It can not only hold water, but the take-out lunch box can also boil water for cooking. And it's cheap and doesn't hurt if you lose it. You can prepare some stationery for the local children, or some continental cigarettes for the locals who can help you.
Also, remember to bring enough money with you, don't count on any ATMs or post offices to send money The prices in Murat are extremely expensive, so be prepared. Leg binding is also a learning experience. Legs that are too tight get tired quickly, and legs that are too loose don't do much good. And after walking for a while they will change their name to Wang Da Ma Shroud -, loose, smelly and long. When you tie your legs, it is best to stand and tie, so that your legs feel loose and tight.