Thanks Billy. I'm an ultra runner recovering from a major injury. I've found myself walking, slowly, on my treadmill and watching through all of your videos. You have an innate ability to make me still feel like part of the ultra community. When I watch race coverage, especially races I had to withdraw from, its hard because I'm looking at what I'm missing. Videos like this keep reminding me why I'm working so hard to come back and why its not about the time or the finish its about the journey. It keeps my head right when my legs hurt.

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

You ARE a part of the ultra community. No doubt getting injured feels lonely...but we will always be here waiting. Keep working on the journey!

@toddfernandez3048

2 жыл бұрын

@@BillyYang I don't even know what to say here...wow. What a kind thing to say.

@motivationtheoryrunning

2 жыл бұрын

Best of luck in your recovery Todd!

@sebastians.792

2 жыл бұрын

Wish you all the best fellow runner! Keep up the strong spirit and work!! 👍👍

@yeraysosatrujillo5085

2 жыл бұрын

You are not alone bro. Soon we will be fully recovered. I wish you all the best from Switzerland.

"Film when you dont want to film" - otherwise you wont get that footage. I cant blelieve id pick up that camera after 40 miles but boy was it worth it mate. For me the whole video is vibing with positive energy - the smile of your girlfirend even after like 40 miles getting you distracted and up that last pitch said everything for me. Great work Billy !

One simple word comes to mind: Inspiring

Hilary is just filled with boundless energy and enthusiasm for an adventure isn't she? She's a keeper

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed! ❤️

She's a keeper Billy. 48 miles and she is smiles all the way. That's an attitude and mindset few people have.

I have yet to make it to the GC in my 42 years of living on this blue ball. After watching this I want to take my wife and young kids to experience this natural wonder. Thank you for sharing!

@cpruns4501

2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking this exact thing! 43 years for me but my wife and kids (and me) need to see this bad boy:)

R2R2R was a life changing experience that brought my friends and I closer together on our spiritual and personal journeys. It is a journey to respect and truly take the time to slow down and experience all the canyon offers.

Billy, that is - by far - the best capturing of the GC I have seen. It’s twelve years since I’ve been and your film has me itching to go back and experience the vastness and beauty of the canyon again. R2R2R is my bucket list adventure. Time to start planning. Love it. Thank you.

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

Love it - appreciate the kind words Phil!

“If you want to be humbled in the best way possible” perfectly describes the feeling finishing the R2R2R. I got goosebumps when you guys first headed down BA. Brings back memories of my R2R2R! Thx for sharing!

@belindabernard1276

2 жыл бұрын

That line got me too ! So beautifully stated and so accurate

Billy, I haven't run in several years, and after watching this I'm thinking I need to get back to it. Thanks for sharing your journeys and inspiring the running world.

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I hope you come back to find us Dan.

@buckwheatohara

2 жыл бұрын

Dan. Please start slow go just a few blocks. And a few months you'll be able to do a 5K

@DanStone1025

2 жыл бұрын

@@buckwheatohara lol, thanks

Billy, you've done it again. Another well shot, brilliantly narrated film. You inspire a lot of people. Keep it going. Big ups.

Billy Yang Films = GOAT of Ultrarunning filmmakers. Thanks for all the inspiring content year after year :)

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼

Love it. Did this 2.5 years ago and I am itching to do it again. Until then - this awesome movie will fill the void. Thank you.

Banging video. As someone who spends their mornings shifting around the Surrey Hills in England. As grateful as I am for the trees and comparably tiny incline routes its hard not to be envious of spectacular vistas available across the Atlantic.

Thank you for putting kilometers and meter in video, it is much more understanding for the rest of the world! Great video as always!

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

👌🏼👌🏼

Billy!! You look happier, healthier & just overall in great standing. I am so happy for you!

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marcela! 🙏🏼❤️

It's so hard to understand until you stand at the edge and look across the canyon. Love how much this captures that!

Not a runner here but your video was great! Looking forward to hiking (old man), not running, the canyon in the future! Great narrative, great music selection, and great camera work! Thank you for sharinig!

Love the sentiment- such a great long run on a long day on a deep and Grand Canyon!

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming along on the adventure MG!

Superb! I did it in 2008. Your video brought back good memories!

Billy ALWAYS delivering the goods....

Nice video. Congrats to you, Hillary, and the rest of your friends on the successful challenge.

Way cool. Excellent video as always.

I think you put it beautifully. The Grand Canyon is incredibly humbling- both in the physical effort required to traverse it and in its sheer beauty.

Billy is back! Yet another Awesome film Billy. Thank you! A little more than a year ago I came across your channel with “the why” of 100 miles. It inspired me and I joined the trail running community by completing my first 100 with 6’200mD+ in the Swiss Alps last september. It also inspired me to start my youtube channel. It has helped me put words on my values that I am sharing with my children. It has given me a heading. For this, a big thank you and hope to see you on the trails!

Thank you for the amazing film! Last spring, after poorly preparing, I ran down to Indian Springs with my 14 year old, the climb out was tough but absolutely and literally breathtaking. I really wanted to get away from the tourists and just experience the canyon and your film captured it beautifully. I can't wait for the opportunity to go further next time.

Great film, much respect for what you accomplished after recently visiting Grand Canyon and doing some modest hiking. My advice to others, don't wait till you are 64 years old (like me), get out there and see the majestic Grand Canyon!

If anyone can capture the importance of spending time with friends and loved ones and enjoying shared passions Billy Yang can. What a fantastic experience with amazing scenery and inspiring narration. Thank you BY.

Always a joyful surprise to have one of Billy’s videos available!! Great footage accompanied by one of the best story tellers ever on KZread!! Thank you Billy for all of your excellent work! Hope that someday I will be able to visit GC!!!🙏🙏🙏

Excellent and inspiring, as usual. Thank you!

I am immensely grateful for this video. I have often asked other runners in KZread about fuelling - I have asked again and again and again - but I have never gotten an answer that I could really use. This is the first time I have seen what ultra runners eat during a long run. Thanks to both you and Hilary for sharing this. This is a very big help for me! Besides that, I really enjoyed the movie. I am from Denmark. Of course I have seen pictures from the Grand Canyon - but I have never seen it like this. Truly amazing! Thank you for a great video!

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

perfect timing for this video as we are doing this same thing Saturday!'

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

Best of luck Donna - hope you love it!

another fantastic film! cheers Billy👊

Awesome. Thanx for sharing your trip with us, providing us with great scenery. Marvelous memories.

ive been struggling a lot lately... and this video really helps me... i need to get out and get to work... thank you... there is so much wisdom in your videos...

Dang if Hilary didn't knock it out of the park! Not only did she not appear to be tired, but chatty the whole time! People like her can absolutely keep your spirits up when you're ready to throw in the towel.

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

She’s the best adventure partner ❤️

Thanks, for taking us on your journey. It brought back some good memories of my wife and I crossing last September. Heading back in June, you inspired me to film this upcoming amazing adventure.

Now I wanna go and run the Grand Canyon! That was awesome. Great concept too. Meeting up yearly to just run something is a great idea. Thanks for creating that. I loved it.

Just took the kids there last fall and now can't stop thinking about how soon I can plan my double crossing. Thanks for sharing Billy and putting it all together!! Can't wait to make it happen!!

Spot on description of the box during the second crossing. It definitely feels like it goes on forever.

By far the best documentary I’ve seen of this bucket list adventure. Flying down on May 18th to do it, and more excited than ever. Thanks for sharing 😉

It's been a dream of mine to run rim to rim to rim. I am not there yet as far as endurance, but one day I will be ready to join you guys!

Billy, , your films never disappoint !!!! That was amazing!!!!

From the East coast. A few years ago in my early 50s, did the South Kaibab Trail to Phantom ranch, stayed in the dorms and came up Bright Angel Tr the next morning. Went in early Oct. It wasn't easy but not tough at all. When I was coming up Bright Angel I purposely walked slow because being in those surroundings is so surreal. A true Lifetime experience. Saw one or two Rim runners, they were so focused on time that they didn't appear to be enjoying the scenery. Grand Canyon is one place where I would not run, walk and take in nature and scenery.

Love your words as much as I love your pictures, Billy. Another great film. Thank you.

I really appreciated your comments about the perspective change that happens during the course of a long effort: how the excitement & colorfulness of the run transitions to the grind! Well done!

You guys are all so awesome. I need to make the trip South of the border soon I guess!

Thanks, Billy! The plan is for a small group of our friends to do this in October. I'm excited and nervous, but I love a really tough adventure!

This was beautiful to watch. Thank you for sharing your journey!

Great video, Billy. Your love for the running community is so inspiring. Thanks for sharing!

Awesome film again Billy, you never put a bad film out. I watch these from the UK and I just get so jealous watching the places you run, amazing scenery, got goosebumps quite a few times looking at the views, can't imagine what it felt like for you actually being there

Oh, of course, Billy Yang! Congratulations on the run and wonderful film. I'm an ultra runner, almost certainly older than anyone in your entire group. Never been to the north rim. I've hiked down to the river and back up with a friend from the south rim. A good day's hike. Half way down, you realize the canyon is twice as deep as it looks from the top. An amazing experience! Thanks for doing this. As always, beautifully shot and brilliantly edited.

Loved this, great job guys! Very inspiring and grateful you shared the story :)

This was incredible. In 2019 a buddy and I did SK -> PR -> BA after realizing that we were not prepared for a full R2R2R. This year we are scheduled for the full distance in October. Thank you for this amazing motivation to get my ass up and moving!

Glad you enjoyed it. I cycle a lot, not a runner. I did Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim backpacking over 4,5 days. I checked out a lot of the side trails you missed.

Thank you for sharing. This truly brought back amazing memories of running R2R2R October of 2019.

Bravo, Billy! Inspiring stuff!

This gave me chills! It makes me want to go and experience it!!

Truly inspirational, Billy and the rest of the team. Thank you for sharing with us!

This video is incredibly well done, Billy! I did rim to rim in 2020 and it’s incredible. Mad respect for rim to rim to rim!

Beautiful as always! Great job on the run and on the film 💪💪🤙🏻

Thanks Billy. Had this one saved for just the right moment. Finally getting back from injury and looking for inspiration to plan an adventure. You're film making in the running world is unparalleled and full of inspiring moments. One day I will make it across to the U.S again and this route is on my list for sure! Thank you and I hope one day to meet you on the trail. 👊

Another awesome video, next summer Banff Canada? The Rock Wall?!

Quite the amazing adventure! It's so interesting to see what the Grand Canyon looks like at different times of the year.

I loved this! This has been on my bucket list for YEARS, and I am hoping to do this in 2023 at some time. Loved your video - it really captured the highs and lows of the run. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks, Billy. Awesome video, as always.

I have followed your work for years now. And it happens that in my circle of friends we have been talking about a big trek in the Grand Canyon NP. I immediately shared this video with them. You inspired me and made me dream. Thanks 🙏

As always Billy, excellent video! Having seen both the north and south I know you can't reproduce it on video but your narration is spot on.

Another great one Billy. Thank you for sharing your experiences so openly.

Love your films of these adventures. Feels like I'm there with you.

Another GREAT video Billy. "This place is much too perfect and beautiful for it to just happen by accident." I couldn't agree more. Way to go for you and your friends to grind through a very grueling day. Thank you for sharing Billy.

Just saw this and, as always with Yang Films, I am truly amazed by the beauty, pain and thankfulness that surrounds your ambitions. Billy, she’s a keeper!

“Oh, we’re gonna run it in?” 😂

This was so beautiful and inspiring. Thank you!

So well done BY! Thanks for making this inspiring video

Yeah a new video of you billy 🙏👍 I love your amazing and epic videos about running 😍👍 exspecialy the video called life in a day about western states 100 🥰 At some point of this epic video i have to cry a few times when all the runners are climb up the mountain at the beginning of the race Great job dude 🔥👍

Awesome video Billy! A bucket-list run for sure! I Spent the winter training hard and traveled across the country from NC… I ran r3 on 3/20/22, it was a truly amazing experience! You did such a great job explaining the excitement, the highs and lows of this experience

Fantastic video Billy ! The beauty is incredible! When you crossed the bridge in the beginning, and the water was a turquoise color….. oh wow ! I’ve always said, id rather live by the mountains than by the ocean. Thanks for your videos 🙂👍

Billy, thanks for sharing this film. You always make the best inspirational running videos. Crossed the majestic grand canyon solo last year and cannot agree with you more on how such an experience humbles oneself and makes us realize how small we are in grand scheme of God’s creation. We’re putting together a group this year to cross the rim and we are sharing your video to inspire the group. Keep doing what you’re doing Billy cause you inspire a lot of people, ordinary trail running junkies like me. Great work!

Much respect. I’ve hiked the Grand Canyon a few times, but never done the whole thing in one day.

It was nice to relive that fay through your video! Even cooler surprise running into that day! Great film as always!

Thanks for the trip Billy, by far one of the best videos of the R2R2R, it's on my list. fantastic job, amazing.

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼

Simply beautiful 😍- thank you for this video!! 🙏🏽

Great adventure shared with friends in such a stunning landscape - thanks for sharing with us!

This was glorious to watch. I was at the canyon a very long time ago as a young kid. I plan on running rim to rim some day in the near future. Thanks for sharing your adventure!!

Great intro. Rest of the film was equally great.

Congrats for your accomplishment! Your video is so awesome!

Amazing video! I recently made my first trip to the Grand Canyon. Just did rim to river and back up on the South Kaibab Trail. You do a great job capturing the beauty of the place both in the video you shot and in your words. There’s something special about that place. I can’t wait to go back one day.

Another awesome film Billy. Thank you.

You're wrong that cooked riced balls looks amazing!! Don't underestimate your cooking preparation skills! :) Thanks for this great great hike! I enjoyed it very much.

Just another beautiful film. Very inspiring.

Fantastic, route added to the bucket list. From all your great films this together with Hillary is the one with the best feeling in my book.

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jonas!

Great trip. For others doing this, if there's a way you can shuttle, or run, over to the South Kaibab trail to begin the trip, do it. It's steeper than Bright Angel but SO beautiful in the morning, out to Skeleton Point in particular.

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

Def agree. We just started way too early to get any views of our surroundings

This was a great journey. Thank you for sharing.

Great film. That’s an amazing accomplishment. I too have done double crosses but not running and no where near the speed you accomplished this in. I’ve taken a dozen people down to Phantom and back over the years. The first time I did a double cross was 4/15-4/16/2000 after doing a hikes down to Phantom and back and 2 incrementally longer hikes until I reached Cottonwood Campground and back nonstop. I took the S. Kaibab/N.Kaibab there and N.K./Bright Angle back. I made it to the north at night and walked to the lodge. I stayed in the lower level of the gazebo of the lodge where there was a sofa. The next morning to my surprise there were a number of people walking about the N. Rim when I returned to the trail. COVID-19 has stopped me from doing anything the past 2 years but I hope to return to do a double cross again by 2024.

Another amazing video, Billy 👏

That takes me back. We didn't run it, but we hiked the exact same path in 2 days. Same emotions just over two days instead of 14 hours. I took my shoes off at the top and couldn't get them back in because they swelled up. Wouldn't trade that amazing experience for anything!

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

It's a special place, no doubt. Congrats on your R3 as well!

Beautiful film, Billy. You keep setting the bar higher and higher.

@BillyYang

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼

Thank you for sharing your experience. I enjoyed watching the process.

Great running shots!