Got a permit to do Zion Narrows as a two-day, top-to-bottom in early May.
I’m finding quite a variety of opinions on the Interwebs on the topic of whether to obtain special equipment or not. People who balked at drypants, and others who said they couldn’t have lived without them. People who said the rental “hiking stick” was much sturdier than their trekking poles; others who said trekking poles are just fine. People who rented the local canyoneering shoes and swore by them; and others who seemed fine in their trail runners.
Guess I’m looking for a few more perspectives.
We do own neoprene socks. Personally I’m leaning towards wearing a thin pair of wool socks under the neoprene (to avoid chafing from the seams). I own some approach shoes that have excellent sticky traction on smooth rock. I’m thinking of just wearing those.
Elizabeth
