My partner & I canoed the Grand in a tandem (Mad River Revelation) by ourselves in Sept 2000.  A one boat trip.  No others.  Completely self supported.

I paddled the canyon in 1996 in an 11' whitewater canoe with a lot of rocker and had great maneuverability in the big water, so doing this in these trippers with no rocker to speak of is really impressive.👍👍

Wow, taking one leg completely out of your pants to poop in the woods is a great idea! You don't accidentally pee on yourself!

Retired old WW paddler and guide here, an open boater as well.  Stellar video!  I could almost taste , smell, and feel the water on my face.  I've never paddled the Canyon but have a number of friends who've done it, including a few solo open boats, but never an open boat self-supported trip (always either kayaks and/or rafts along), and doing it tandem?  Just wow!  Love that Werner graphite paddle!  BTW, who the hell could down-vote this video?!?

The Manson Family Strength right there. Awesome achievement.

I am a great believer in tripper canoe insanity.

You guys are awesome. True Canadians!

Next stop: The Niagara Gorge.

Caleb,
Way to capture the moment.   Usually the fish eye doesn't capture the size of the rapids.  In your video I felt like I was in every drop.   Definitely a bucket list of mine to paddle the Grand.  Thank you for sharing.
Bret
SYOTW

Well done, impressive skills.  I'm fairly certain the International Long River Canoe Club had a trip report in the 1980's, maybe 1990's of a couple who did an unsupported trip in an Old Town Tripper in winter.  They chose winter because the regulations at the time allowed unlimited time in the canyon for boaters in the winter months.

Having paddled the Canyon and its huge rapids in an inflatable 'SOAR' canoe with rafting support, I am doubly impressed with this group's ambition!

What a great sport we enjoy.  You took it to another level.

Fabulous!!

I watched twice. Nice job, thanks.

big wide open rapids in canoe looks like tons of fun!!

I love this place! Same time just 3 years ago I was in it! Thank you so much for taking me back! WOW! CANOES! CRAZY COOL! I LOVE CANADIANS! You all where crazy to do this! WOW

Oh man, that was awesome!!

Great video & kudos! And I know it may not be welcome to hear after your really impressive adventure but I feel it's right to let the paddling community know that we paddled the Grand (after we paddled, Westwater, Cataract, and (three of us)across all of Lake Powell) in the 1988 in Old Town Trippers (tandem canoes). The three who paddled lake Powell hitched a ride on a pick up truck with some kind folks who worked at the dam through the tunnel that leads right to the base of the dam. From there we paddled to the put-in to meet the rest of our party who took a few days off while we paddled the lake. My shoulders hurt just thinking about that lake! We prepared for the trip with many runs on the Penobscot and Kennebec Rivers. They pale in volume comparatively...but proved to be good training. Absolutely fantastic trip. We had some capsizes too- all self-rescues. All we have are still photos since it was a while ago. Perhaps one of my paddling partners will make a video from all the still photos we have...one day. (Paul? Christine? Kevin?) Keep on paddling and celebrate your adventures!

That was wild lookin

Wow that is some great footage!!!  Great job and congratulations