You can choose one among the three trips First trip Camp: Bright Angel -Indian Garden --Hike Out Second Trip camp: Bright Angel -Bright Angel-Hike Out Third Trip camp: Indian Garden-Indian Garden-Hike out Some of the rims are available from north but check it out, since these trajectories will be closed during the winter season because of heavy rain or snowfall. Ask this question to yourself: Is a Swiss army knife having a portable chainsaw and the 14 screwdrivers that it carries really required by BOTH of you? You can certainly replace it with something lighter and simpler. And it would be better if you are going to share the hiking gear that both of you are already carrying. Rule no.1 is "No stress". Going for hiking, breaking this rule, is a waste. Be Prepared You simply cannot forget regarding your safety since it is said that hiking is all meant for fun. You have to keep in mind that you are going outdoors. Anything may happen. Inadequate preparing is the main reason for most of the back-country misses and disasters. Some of the cases of super insulation clothes are expedition and it will have a hood to make itself as a cap. There is expedition pants called down pants or pile pants. Taking care of your eyes The mountain ice mass of Alaska may irritate your eyes. So you need to take of your eyes and protect it from snow and avoid immense glare even on a cloudy day, otherwise snow blindness may result. But you need to keep in mind that hiking trip are quite challenging in various aspects. Don't keep your estimates low. If you are in the learning stage then try to learn from now onwards. Get a helping stick for the trip Though there is no compulsion, that you should take a stick for walking, it will be of great help if you take. Its not as marvelous, as you can see that 100's of hikers use to pass their vacation on trips like this, going through wineries, furrows and backwoods through pure wild area. The hiker has got several options for hiking .You, as a hiker if happen to stand on the bottom of the Mount Everest, you can yourself imagine as a wishful thinking to climb the mountain again like the great people who have done it before.