{"id":4971,"date":"2018-11-03T20:29:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T03:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/?p=4971"},"modified":"2024-10-26T18:16:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T01:16:39","slug":"report-grand-canyon-r2r2r2r2r2r2r2r2r-fkt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/report-grand-canyon-r2r2r2r2r2r2r2r2r-fkt\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Grand Canyon 4x R2R2R = R2R2R2R2R2R2R2R2R FKT"},"content":{"rendered":"

O<\/span>n Fri, Oct 26, 2018, I managed to finish an octuple (8x) Grand Canyon crossings in 58 hours and 11 minutes. That’s a\u00a0R2R2R2R2R2R2R2R2R, or 4 double-crossings\u2014which\u2014to the best of my knowledge, has never been done before. UltraPedestrian Ras<\/a> holds the sextuple (6x) unsupported crossing FKT in 68 hours and 10 minutes. More details can be found on his bog<\/a>. For all current Grand Canyon records, see the FKT page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I started my attempt on Wed, Oct 24, 2018, at 4am. I ran 8x times across the canyon on the South and North Kaibab trails and had support on the South Rim only. The total distance was 168 miles with about 44,000 feet of elevation gain.<\/p>\n

[pullquote]”The reward of suffering is experience” \u2014 Harry S. Truman[\/pullquote]<\/p>\n

The octuple crossing attempt was announced here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out the short video clip<\/a> below that is supposed to document some aspects of the challenge. I didn’t have a lot of energy to film and there isn’t much else to say besides the fact that I crossed the canyon a few times until I had seen enough of it. The rest remains a bit of a blur.<\/p>\n

As of today, I have no plans to go back to the Grand Canyon anytime soon. But as always, things can change…<\/p>\n

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Everything is fine. Heading out for the last R2R2R double-crossing. I mean, really, it’s just another two crossings. Nothing to complain about.<\/p><\/div>\n

Movie Clip<\/h3>\n