Hiking suggestions for the Grand Canyon (south rim)?

It’s at least a few months away, to begin with, right? Permits fill up extremely fast.

The omnipresent issue of hiking the canyon is: you hike down into it, and then you have to hike up to get out of it.

My ex was not a good hiker, but we walked down a couple miles, on a trail not too far from the South Rim lodges (I can’t remember the name, it was too long ago). It was beautiful getting into it, but it was also hard to climb out of, most trails there have some pretty steep sections.

That’s just something to be aware of. For every step down, it’s twice as much getting out.