Ultra day hike - Grand Canyon R2R2R

Do you want to see me suffer for 48 miles in one day when I hiked the Grand Canyon? Check it out on this episode of How Not to Highline. Hi, I'm Ryan Jinks and welcome to my gear room. We normally teach on this channel about highlining and rigging highline and do slackline science. But occasionally I like doing in a day projects to see how much I can do in a day, which comes from the Yosemite culture that I basically grew up in. Last summer, I did a Lost Arrow Spire in a day from my house here in Lodi, California. Drove there, hiked it, climbed it, highlined it and came back in less than 24 hours. But in 2011, I did an ultra day hike in the Grand Canyon. And in your 20s, anything with the word ultra attached to it sounds like a good idea. Back in 2011 when I did this, I was not making videos, which you will clearly see. But I wanted to vlog, didn't know what that word was back then, my journey because I was by myself and wanted to show the progress of me deteriorating throughout the day as I hiked literally all day. So I enjoy doing these in a day projects to see how streamlined I can get all my processes and it really kind of shows what you can do if you do a lot of planning and preparation. So I planned for seven years to do this Grand Canyon trip before I did it. So to prepare for the Grand Canyon hike I wanted to do, I hiked Half Dome, which is from the parking lot 18 miles and I did that twice in one day to see if I would die. And since I didn't and that is only 36 miles, I figured I could probably do the rim to rim to rim to the other side of the Grand Canyon and back in one day. And that is about 47 or 48 miles. Now a disclaimer is please don't try to hike even down to the river and back up without knowing you can do it and without thorough planning. The National Park Service and the Grand Canyon rescues a lot of people every year who just try to go down to the river and back up the same side in a day. So do some preparation and some homework before you go and try to do something that you can't get back from. The reason I did Half Dome twice in a day is because if I got tired, I could always turn around and go back down. But in the Grand Canyon, you're already down and it's harder to go back up. So keep that in mind while you watch me suffer. This is the Grand Canyon and I'm gonna hike 46.6 miles to the other side and back in less than 24 hours. It's approximately 22,000 feet of elevation gain and loss and I intend on starting around midnight tonight. And I hopefully arrive before dark on Sunday. A video log for the rim-da-rim-da-rim. It's 10 o'clock at night, Saturday. And I'm going to hike across this canyon and back before dark tomorrow. I feel good, I feel fresh, I have mojo, I'm ready to do this. And I intend on keeping you all posted throughout my hike. Wish me luck. Video log two. I'm at the three-mile rest house stop. It's been exactly one hour. I'm going about three miles per hour, which puts me at the bottom roughly in two and a half more hours. I'm feeling great, full moon out, can see everything. And I hope I can get to the bottom without my knees cramping up. Okay, video log, I can't remember which one. I'm at the campgrounds and halfway down to the river. It's 12.10, I'm at a water stop filling up. Feeling okay, I have five miles to go before I get to another water source. So I'm gonna chug some water. And I won't stop until I get to the river. Then I'll cook me up some dinner. It is 2 a.m., I am on the Suspension Bridge, a marvel of engineering. It took me about three and a half hours to get to the bridge, which is, I feel pretty confident with being able to get, to meet my time schedule. Phantom Ranch is just up there and I'm still feeling good. Halfway up the North Kayabab Trail. I have another seven miles to go. It took me about exactly three hours to get here. So I got another three to get up if it's not too steep. And I'm getting pretty tired. It's almost daylight. Maybe in another hour I can turn off my headlamp. I'm finally in daylight. What an emotional help to be able to see people and everything around you. I have about two hours to the top, I can see it through the canyon. And then I'll be up there resting for about an hour. See ya. Now that we can see, you don't have to look at my face anymore. It's 7.30, I'm a mile and a half from the top. This is the caretaker's cabin. I estimate an hour maybe to get up there. And that puts me up there 8.30, nine o'clock, which puts me at 21 hours if I, 22 hours. I hope I go down faster. I'm only 15 minutes from the top, and this is a lookout point I thought you might enjoy. The rate I'm going, I'm estimating 8 p.m. on return. Can't wait till I eat. I made it. Not quite sure what time it is. This is the North Rim. It's probably nine o'clock, I'll go check. But oh my God, that just lasted forever. In the shade it's pretty cold up here, but everything else is in the sun now. 23.3 miles, it's 10.22, which is exactly 10 hours. I hope to leave by 11 after I eat and rest. And 10 hours after that would put me at 9 p.m. I'm back down at the one and a half mile rest house station at about 55 minutes after the top. I've been here for about 20. It's about 60 degrees, and I intend on running all the way to the river from this point. Minutes away from Phantom Ranch. I'm around 36 miles right now. Feels like I'm at 36 miles right now. Weather's awesome, I should still make it by seven or eight o'clock. And I have no idea what time it is. I thought Phantom Ranch was closer, but it was like another two miles. So I got there at two, which is exactly five hours to get down. Took an hour break, ate, drank, rested, and now if I can make it up this thing in five hours, that puts me up there at eight o'clock. I'm feeling pretty tired right now. So I'll be finishing up this thing in the dark. I have 42 some odd miles on my feet. Four and a half miles to go, which should take me somewhere around three hours. I have to go up this over here. I'm having a hard time imagining doing this for three more hours. I got one more energy juice left. See you at the top. I found some rim to rim to rim guys who were doing it in 14 hours, which is hard to believe. And we met down at the water spot, and I decided to try to follow them up here. So we've been running. I'm shaving an hour off my time. So should be able to be up there by seven, which keeps me under 21 hours. So I'm seeing if I can catch up with the fast guys up here, but it's a lot easier following people's feet. But yeah, trying to beat the light too. Almost there. Well, I'm all done. I didn't film at the top because I started to cramp as soon as I stopped. I'm shaking because it's cold. Stopped by McDonald's. I got up from the campground in two hours from 5.05 to 7.05. It took me two hours to get down to that campground, so we were hauling it. So I did it in 20 and a half hours, rim to rim to rim. And now I can hardly walk. Now we're gonna drive home. Bye-bye. All right, made it home after 14 hours of driving. I slept about 10 of them. And we came back into Lodi, and this is what the weather looks like. Overall, it was a great trip. I'm very sore, but it was pretty fun. So thanks for watching, guys. Hey, thanks for watching, but don't be an idiot and go walk down a big dark canyon at 10 o'clock at night by yourself unless you're in your 20s and invincible. But to be serious, this year, we have a few in a day goals that we're gonna do. And if you see a video about them, you'll know they happened. 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