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Super cool , very impressive. I’ve been done and up but not in one day. Hiked both sides multiple times , it is one of my favorite places on earth.

It would take a tow truck (one of the big ones) to drag me out of bed for 0415hrs rain hiking.

Get the Hydrapak contour huge upgrade to the platypus

Great job on dialing in your gear and your training, so that you could have such a great Rim2Rim!!

I was 18 in the boy scouts and did the Rim to Rim to Rim.

Where did you stay? I plan to start NK. But was planning on driving from Vegas since not much close by.

My mornings are i want to sit and wake up and drink my coffee but my 2 year old 1 year old and 2 month old have different plans 😂 like let's play let's all cry at the same and see who she picks up first

Yes! I must drink my coffee out of a mug, and I refuse to put a lid on it. It drives my family crazy.

Can you please add time stamps to the stopping points (eg: How long it took to Phantom Ranch / River / Indian Garden etc )? We are planning to do this same hike from North to South. It will help pus to have some target time/points in mind.

youve got nice components on there!! a nice tune up and refresh and itll be perfect for another 20 years

Fun stuff!

Nothing beats riding bikes in the woods! Maybe this will inspire them or someone to pick up the sport and live a more active life

This isn’t being efficient. This is being cheap. Enjoy your life. Don’t live a cheap life.

Keep it up! Great video!

I also ride an old bike. If your brakes & tyres are fine just enjoy. There is nothing on a newer bike that you need.

My first mtb, (last couple years of college) was a 1987 Jamis Dakota, and I still have it. In '20, age 57, I hatched a plan to start cross-training for better R2R runs, by riding an mtb on the same trails that I run on. Wasn't sure if I'd like it, get anything out of it, want to keep doing it, so I jumped on CL and purchased a 2003 Jamis Dakar for 300 bucks. Had an absolute blast, worked very hard to develop "real" riding skills, learned about, and purchased some safety gear, and the improvement to (what I thought was great) fitness was insane. I was a completely different runner 7 weeks later, when I did my annual R2R. I outgrew/out-skilled that bike in that first training season, and the next spring, purchased another used bike...something that would keep up with my skill progression... and I still train year round on that brick. If you get into it, either grab something used and much newer, spending up for an all carbon version, or purchase new. Go full suspension, disk brakes of course, and learn about "slack geometry" aka; "slack frontend." You want something a bit slack (the forks angle outward away from the bike more as compared to how your bike's forks are quite straight up-and-down). A slack front end will allow you to go downhill with more control, and prevent you from hanging up the front wheel, and flying over the handlebars. Hope F20 pedals, combined with FiveTen Freerider shoes will be your new best friend, and keep you glued to the pedals (but not clipped in). 7iDP "Sam Hill Lite" elbow and knee pads are fantastic. Modern helmet that's MIPS and has large ventilation holes like the 7iDP or Smith or Fox, etc helmets. The 4D and 5D style bike shorts on Ama z0n are excellent. Make sure your new bike has a dropper style seat post, so you can get the seat down out of your way for the descents, and learn to drop your heels and hang your rear out rearward of where the seat was, when descending. The lowered seat then kinda fits between your knees, loosely, for stability. Safety third!

Wow!! This is amazing. I’m so impressed. You should be very proud of yourself!!

Nice video. Thanks for sharing. 👍1

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Speaking of your final thought to get out and do more of these type of videos. Grand Canyon was my impetus to get hiking. I just thought it would be cool to get to the bottom one day. Fast forward just a few short years and I’ve done almost 4,000 miles, 600,000 ft and have started running/ultramarathoning (goal of a 100 miler in 2 years). Just did rim 2 rim2 rim last week, been atop Mt Whitney, Langley, Grogonio and a bunch of others. It is an inspirational place and moving a lot begets moving a lot more. So I wish you many more great (safe) adventures!

A week off can be a great training tool. Rest. Fuel really well. Pick up a notch above where you left off. Win. Fantastic mom-son adventure, and props to both of you for having the fitness level to go crank out a tough day together. I'm still playing, "Who's faster than the 50yr old with my daughter, except now I'm almost 61.🙃

Super smart on the gear load-out!! I hope more people who are planning a trek in the Canyon will see this. Less is more in the Canyon! Have you tried the Injinji smart wool toe socks yet? They're quite fantastic! Something that always "gets" me in the Canyon, and really, just in that part of AZ, is the sandpaper toilet paper that's used everywhere. I'm guess it's because it's "remote" and desert, so there's an issue with septic systems, water usage, low flow toilets, etc. It becomes 3 days of wiping with 400 grit sand paper. I always bring old-school A&D ointment, when I'm hiking/backpacking there. Heaven! I don't bring it when I run, because I'm after the lightest Naked Running Band. But it's waiting for me in the room. A quick comment on wearing ear buds in the Canyon. Please avoid doing this because it's unsafe for the wearer, and for others in the Canyon, especially since the Canyon is used as a running trail. As a runner there, I'm able to be polite and warn people that I'm approaching, by simply saying "Good morning" from a safe distance, and in a voice that's audible over a hiker's footsteps, and their conversations. It gives people plenty of time to turn and see me, scoot to the side a little, and we have a chance for a "Thanks for the trail, have a great day" exchange as I go by. Doesn't affect their experience, and doesn't put either of us at risk. I can't tell who does, or who doesn't, have ear buds from a distance, and sometimes not at all if they have hair or a hat that's covering. So I start my normal "Good morning" and get no response....say it louder, no response.... attempt to go by, and now I have someone who's been caught off guard, is startled, jumps to the side of the trail that I'm on, or turns and swings a backpack and/or poles directly into my path, etc. And the result; everyone is bent out of shape. So please enjoy the experience in the Canyon without earbuds, and go on runs or hikes there, knowing that you are not the only one on the trails.

Fantastic video. Great hike. Thanks for sharing. sub & 👍17

Spot on!!!

So smart!! Cross-Training is legit, and HIIT is absolutely no joke!! Great job!

Subbed! Looking forward to more adventures. You did fantastic. Having done this route often, both backpacking it with the fam, and running it, I'll offer that everyone was packed waaaaaay too heavy, and it was really wrecking people. Not an uncommon thing for a first trip through the canyon. We go laughed off the bus due to the size of our packs, the first time we backpacked there, and sweet momma did we pay the price. BTDT!! For an R2R as a through hike, an ultra runner style race pack is all that's needed. Just some easily digestible, normal food, and maybe some sort of pack-lite jacket incase a storm blows in, and little things if you'll be in the dark or it might get cold (petzl headlamp/very light gloves/very light beanie or cycling "skullcap"). Trail runners for shoes, at the most (Vivo Barefoot Primus Trail FG is a fantastic shoe in the Canyon), injinji toe socks to prevent blisters, and for the downhill, lace the top of the shoe tight, to prevent the foot from cramming forward and wrecking the toes. And like you found out... keep it moving. Gravity is your friend on the descent, but you have to have a light enough pack, and enough training, so that your legs can pop along, light and fast. If you have to apply a huge amount of breaking force, as you step down over each of those 10,000 mule steps, either due to pack weight, or excess body weight, it's going to be a very rough day.

Smartest video I've seen about how to hike in the Grand Canyon. 100%, everything you did was perfect. I started backpacking there in 2007 and returned just about every year. In 2015, a day after my 53rd, and on my daughter's 16th, we started running R2R (North to South Rim). We did it 5yrs in a row to celebrate our birthdays, and I've now run it 12 times. Was just there a few days ago to run my 5th Rim2River (since '20) and posted a vid to the channel. I recommend to people all the time: Keep the sun off. It's sun at high altitude, so it fries you even more than at sea level, and in the Canyon, it will cause a sun stroke and a raised body core temp that creeps up on you. It'll either ruin the experience, or leave you sitting on the trail somewhere, completely destroyed. The people hiking in black, with a ball cap, and usually in a tank top, absolutely kill me. My go-to's: Sunday Afternoons "Compass" hat/Nike ProCombat drifit shirt with perforated back and side panels. I hope you keep dialing in the gear and training, and keep going back! It's an amazing place, and the experience of being down in the Canyon is like nothing else. I'm betting you could switch to something like a race pack from Ultimate Direction, or Salomon, and really enjoy going light!

how much weight did you carry going in and what was left coming out?

Time in your feet

Loved this video, thank you so much for sharing!

So cool Marion, congrats!! What a grt reminder to get out and enjoy life! 🥾

I'd love to do this one day!

This hike looks unreal, absolutely brilliant work my friend!🥾🥾

did you stay on the north rim the night before the walk? What are the mechanics of getting to the start

Wow.

Fantastic!!!

Incredible! Thank you for sharing this!

I got the 85mm from KEH for 130 shipped!

I started backpacking in the Canyon in Aug. 2007, and my daughter, age 8, joined me in 2008. We returned just about every year, and started running R2R as a cross-country style run (no walking, no poles, etc) in 2015 to celebrate our birthdays, which are 1 day apart, mid-Aug. We ran 5 in a row, and I've now done 12, because after our 5th, I started returning in early Oct. to do another. She just joined me for her 6th, in '22. Vids on the channel. I have a laundry list of suggestions based on what we learned, posted in the description box of our '22 vid, and you may find that it helps you. My suggestion is that you start doing a Spin class a couple times a week, and do it with the pedals strapped or clipped to your shoes, and pedal "oval" where you are pulling up on the pedals, as well as pushing forward and down. This will develop your hip flexors, and other muscle groups that lift your legs up over the log and rock steps.....and there are about 10,000 of them in the Canyon...I'm not kidding! This is part of what wrecks people who hike or run there...stepping down over these steps, and then stepping up over them. If you mountain bike, or want to start, do all the fire-road type of climbing that you can get your hands on. May is the perfect time to go, as is Mid-Aug thru Mid/Late-Oct. So don't over pack. This absolutely wrecks people in the Canyon. The North Rim is 1,000' higher than the South, so I'd suggest that's the route you take (North to South), and it will be colder. But don't let that lull you into taking a bunch of cold gear. You'll be nice and warm, about 100yds down the trail, and then have to carry all of that extra gear, for 12hrs....not to mention, dragging it the 9.5mi from Phantom to the top of the Bright Angel Trail, over those 10,000 mule steps. Take a look at the "pack light" style of jackets. It's a jacket that is just a very thin nylon layer, some are almost see through, and they wad up into a small ball, the size of a softball. They weight nothing. They make a great shell to block wind, and hold in body heat, so they are the perfect solution. If you haven't thought about footwear, I would encourage you to only wear trail runner shoes, with the thinnest soles. These are light, have great traction, and they allow the feet and ankles to pivot naturally. Vivo Barefoot Primus Trail FG, is ideal, because the wide toe box allows the toes and foot to splay out, and act like it's supposed to act, for balance and control. The foot functions like a hand, and it gives real-time feedback to the brain, for balance correction. Watch videos of people hiking in the Canyon in hiking boots, hiking shoes, and "running shoes" with the thick tall soles, and you'll see them bobbling around on all of the rock and log surfaces. Then watch videos of people (like my daughter and I) cruising along in minimalist shoes, as if it's nothing. While in training, figure out what works for you for electrolytes, and other nutrition. Be careful about what you eat in the Canyon, because that level of exertion can shut down the stomach. You can wind up with a brick of undigested food in you, that makes you sick, AND prevents you from taking in proper electrolytes and nutrition... and that's a death sentence in the Canyon. We use Liquid I.V. in all of their flavors, (with sugar, not the sugar-free versions) but we use their "Energy Multiplier" version as our go-to, BEFORE we start to feel wrecked. At every drink bottle refill, we add 2 magnesium lysinate pills, broken in half (Doctors Best Magnesium from Ama z0n) and on the 1st fill up of the day, we add a Vitamin B complex 100 pill. We use GU Roctane, both with and without caffeine, and we always bring a little 5 Hour Energy drink bottle, as an emergency backup. We'll sometimes drink half of that at Phantom, and the other half at Indian Garden (now called Havasupai Garden). Peeled tangerines are heaven, as is, ripe pineapple (let a pineapple sit on the counter until the leaves brown). Avoid peanuts and trail mixes, because it will screw up your digestion and you'll wind up in the toilets, or going on the side of the trail, all day long. Just easily digested carbs and fruit. Keep the sun off with a long sleeve "dry-fit" light colored shirt, and a full brim hat. Take the hat off when in the shade, and wet your hair and shirt, in order to keep your body core temp normal. Have a great trek!!

I’ve done r2r2r and rim to phantom to rim a bunch. My meager snowshoeing and cross country ski experience was that the snow stuff was way harder (bursts of effort). If I just keep eating and hydrating I can just keep moving in the canyon without issue. I watch that I don’t ever get the heart rate too high on my Garmin. So your snow training I think will prepare you well cardio wise. If you have shoes that don’t cause blisters and a good sun shirt you would seem on a good path to being well prepared. I find poles very helpful though not everyone does.

Sounds so fun!!!

"Promo SM" 😘

Have you tried replacing the screws to make it more like a pd clip v3?

Is this actually the jade 28?

Love this! Thank you

Great idea/initiative. Will join too!

you described it all beautifully.

i’d love more of this :)

Great value, not sure why CZcams finally started showing smaller channels but glad they did with this one, well done!

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