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Grand Canyon Mule Wrangler ‘Tex’ first attempted to thru hike the Appalachian Trail in 2020 and made it 344 miles to Erwin, Tennessee before going home due to the pandemic. She started the hike over again on March 10, 2021 from Amicalola Falls, Georgia and successfully completed her journey atop Mount Katahdin on September 20th of the same year.
Since then, she’s returned to her job leading mule rides to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and goes hiking and backpacking as often as she can.
So fun reliving my visit there in the 90s. "E. W. Razey" was there then so yeah it's 1904. Google shows a newspaper mention of him living in Illinois in 1912 so he survived the climb back down.
I rode down (and up) in February of 22 and I'd hiked the canyon half a dozen times previously and I could not agree more let the mules are not the easy way down. If I was to rate them I would say 50/50. Riding and hiking are both strenuous, you just have different aches and pains at the end of the day. The only hints that I had not received prior to going were the possibility of "runners bladder". Not a serious condition, but definitely startling. Luckily for me it didn't occur until the end of the ride when I was able to look up the issue immediately.
The very pretty lady ( Tex ? ) who leads the walk is also riding a very beautiful mule , from what origins and birth did this pretty mount , please ? do you always organize these walks ?
The roller coaster has so many ups and downs because of all of the private land owners in that section. The trail had to navigate some funky property lines.
I know I am a few years late, and I don’t know if you will see this comment. But I just binge watched your hike, and it was better than any movie or show I’ve seen in a long time. But the best part is that it was real! I just completely bawled my eyes are watching your last video and your summit. A super big congratulations!! ❤ My husband and I want to through hike the AT when he retires right before 2030, so I have a few years…but I’m ready to go now! Haha! We live near the roller coaster in Virginia, so we have done a few overnight hikes. I am going to hopefully hike like you, where I soak it all in, appreciate it for the good and bad, and talk to all the animals! Again, congratulations. And thank you so much for taking the time and effort to put this series of vlogs together. It was so beautifully done, and I learned so much. I’m sure I will watch it again in the next few years and use it as a guide for our own hike! 🎉😊 -Laura E in Loudoun County, Virginia
Thank you for the sweet comment! I’ve also binge watched others’ thru hikes, so it means a lot that you enjoyed mine. ☺️ Enjoy y’all’s planning phase! That’s a lot of fun in itself. Wishing you all the best!!!!
Awesome! OCD level organisation - just like I love :D This is a very good list, not trying to shed every gram - giving up on items and regretting it later, I salute you! :) Definitely going to check my list against yours later before my hike to make sure I have all I need.
Nice video. When we look at the Grand Canyon we see many horizontal layers on top of each other but close-ups of these layers also show that they are completely separated from each other and the layers look rather homogeneous. How is this possible? Each layer is the effect of a recurring natural disaster, a huge tidal wave that is pulled over the planet, that is caused by a celestial body that circles our sun in an eccentric orbit. A thick layer of homogeneous mud remains on our planet. The many earth layers are solid proof for this recurring disaster. Those natural disasters occur in a cycle of seven and create a cycle of five civilizations. The longest living civilization lives no more than 10,800 years. Nonsense? No, ancient knowledge and that knowledge is supported by many depictions that we find in museums on statues, cylinder seals, coins etc. The last time that this celestial body, planet X or nine, was seen and depicted was just before our era. We explain much more about planet 9, the recurring flood cycle and its timeline, the rebirth of civilizations and ancient advanced technology in the e-book: "Planet 9 = Nibiru". It shows abundant and convincing evidence both in text and many depictions. It can be read on any computer, tablet or smartphone. Search: planet 9 roest
My former wife and I Started backpacking there in 2007. We returned in 2008 with our daughter, age 8, and kept coming back just about every year. We'd always go just as monsoon season was wrapping up. In 2015, on our birthdays, which are 1 day apart, mid-Aug, my daughter and I started running R2R as a cross-country style run (no poles and no walking the ups). That was on her 16th birthday, and I'd turned 52 the day before. It's become a birthday celebration for me. She and I did 5 years in a row together, and then I started returning in early Oct. to do another. I've now done 12, and she joined me for her 6th in 2022. I showed up on the first day the park opened, in May '20, to run my first Rim2River, as a fun run, with my former wife. I've now done 4, and I'm heading back in 8 weeks, to do another one on May 25th. Can't wait to be back in the Canyon. Loved this video Lisa! The history was really cool to hear about, as was the up close of Hermit Camp and all the fossils and paintings. I appreciate your comments on safety in the Canyon. We've always taken it very seriously, and especially once we started running there. We always take extra electrolyte mix (Liquid I.V.), extra GU Roctane, and extra magnesium lysinate pills, and we, or I, have a save of a hiker, or more than 1 hiker, almost every run. It blows my mind, what I've seen people wearing, packing, doing, etc. down in the Canyon. If you see me out running, I hope you'll holler!
That's great. God. My tent and pad are enormous things. I guess I will have to just strap them on top. If I succeed through this trip I will upgrade to smaller items
You're a great guide. Love watching your videos and getting jealous the entire time. Love the description of the great unconformity. Looks like I'm going to have to go camping there next.
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This is awesome! My parents and I … age 9 , hiked the exact route in this vid. It was 1971 , and it was considered “ un maintained “ . It took us 3 overnights as I recall. We did go down to Phantom Ranch as well, which was dilapidated but still operating. I feel so fortunate I got to see all of this back 50 some years ago…..
Great video! You are a beast making it all the way to Clear Creek in one day. Those are some big, strenuous Canyon miles! The last Canyon 15+ miler I completed, my old body told me to never do that again! Well done! I love Clear Creek. 🤫 don’t tell the R2R2R2R etc crowd.
Nice job on your video. Back in the day I helped build the trail crew bunkhouse, when the campground was relocated up the Canyon out of the cottonwoods. We had a helicopter but it was a two seater job with no fuselage. Used it to hoist the cabin parts in place. I hiked in but they flew us out on that chopper. Good days!
Hi Lisa. I tried to contact you directly, but couldn't find a way to do that. I'm in the middle of making a video about the AMC Huts and I'm going to use some of the footage from this video. I will give visual credit and also ask my audience (currently very small) to support your videos (linked in my description). Thanks for making the videos you make. They are great.
