[Music] yeah [Music] what's up Agra bonds it's Alex here to share with you my 2018 attempt at the double crossing the Grand Canyon otherwise known as the rim to rim to rim it is a single day crossing of the Grand Canyon from one side to the other and then back again traveling almost 45 miles in distance and over 10,000 feet of ascent my first failed attempt was back in 2013 when me and my fellow runners stopped just 10 miles shy of the finish so we returned five years later to complete some unfinished business with me on my adventure we have mike AKA captain Redbeard andy otherwise known as jun and peter also known as uncle peanut-butter and on the trail I'm known as tux as a group we go by the consortium a name that was coined back in 2013 on that first trip to the Grand Canyon with Peter held our reservation at the tent site under the name Billy the kids consortium of ultra runners the name stuck we made some hats and since then we've been doing consortium adventures all over the country before we get into it if you can take the next moment to like this video and subscribe to our channel the more ultra and adventure content thanks for watching and enjoy it is 4:30 in the morning October 29th we're heading to the airport where's June yeah it's actually a really great brought you the bass in the perpetual and bring a single pair of not running shorts that was stupid I didn't either I'm talking to him last night he's like okay I've got four pairs of shorts 17 shirts I've got seven pairs of socks I'm like bro we're gonna be back for days are you over packing you never know what you run into bro always be prepared the Boy Scout motto I'm not gonna take the whole bag I'm trying just make little baggies of it we didn't hold his name I'll just do it while we're driving what the heck in this cube what 27 years old [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] looks like the bar is open boys saloon what's her name [Music] good for you go ahead let's discuss that does look gross yeah so Gilbert's lunch ha ha gross covered in this stuff did you get that for this looking good boys looking good let me go feeling this better we run in the canyon all night I don't spear and I got enough sleep first problem today what do we got juice waters a little lower so get up hey how we doing so I feel good feel great we're gonna go Alex's birthday he'll are running back and forth across the grand kid some of my best mates [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] god it was like so downhill just kidding it's 6:30 in the morning this guy's already giving me lip he's got an attitude problem making our way down the canyon sweet first light [Music] almost ready to be doing my head almost [Music] - buddy up five miles down the North Rim just about to flatten out dissing gradual downgrade feeling good and this place is the best last time I was here in 2015 South and middle canyon up to here and I was done I said that's it you guys go I'm staying here and I fell asleep right on that bench woke up two squirrels eating my peanut butter and jelly sandwich [Music] just met Dave is mountain biking from Utah to Mexico right through [Music] [Music] fresh batteries fresh legs fresh spirit guys a super fun section [Music] [Music] so runs through the candy back here we passed Joe grant Peters boyfriend [Music] [Music] about fourteen and a half or so miles in at Phantom Ranch feeling good were actually gonna gonna say goodbye to June for a little second here we are gonna do the climb up to the South Rim which is that rim right there we're gonna do that climb head back down to come back up and then we'll head [Music] so begins the great climb [Music] coming up at 80 miles in a third of the way out of the canyon climbing climbing climbing never-ending climb about 1,500 feet into a 5,000 foot climb out all right your uncle peanut butter [Music] hey tux hey what you doing you guys tired uh take a nap Peter how do we answer that this does make them feel bad I know yeah I'm exhausted we're shot guys must be a rough shape yeah Peter you're not dead how are you doing oh I'm good yeah yeah sure yeah I'm just taking a break okay yeah we got vultures flying overhead you guys have an episode of the birds another few minutes okay oh you're back in the game ouch I'm sorry this sucks this is not fun to do oh good [Music] [Music] yeah I'm gonna go with that needed that hurts I bet game-changer right there [Music] hey guys right get in there get in there [Music] how much you think that drummer temperature just dropped chilly probably 15 degrees I call the river a fish I say that's a finish ring so we are going to try and warm up get some information to Andy Andy's been sitting there for five hours now we'll see it is cold hey he'll win as you can see that did not go according to plan after my GI issues a freak rainstorm blew through so we climbed out of the South Rim completely freezing and drenched Mike turned around met up with Andy and finished the rim to rim to rim and Peter and I stayed on the South Rim and met up with the guys in the next day we had an incredible day in the canyon and just leaves plenty more for the next adventure thanks again for watching if you have been to the Grand Canyon leave a comment below with your favorite memory from your time there and as always keep checking back here for more ultra and adventure content take care [Music]
