I maybe interested, but when will you be in Phoenix. Me, I'll not be there from December 22 to January 7, it may not suit with your schedule...

The rattlesnakes and the scorpions were just a joke. What I'm more concern in sleeping out is the moisture, but perhaps in Arizona it's not relevant. By now, I've only do backpacks in France (yes, I'm French) and here you need to have a waterproof sleeping bag otherwise you wake up completely wet an...

I wonder how many people will bring a tent. Me, I won't have one and I prefer not sleeping out. I'm not specially exciting by the idea of waking up near a ratllesnake or with a scorpion in my sleeping bag... Will someone have free room in his tent? Also, what is the shuttle option to go to the trail...