Loved this. As a 19-year old in the late 60's, hiking the Grand Canyon was first on my list, which is now known as The Bucket List. I spent the night at the Phantom Ranch and came back the next day. I have since partially walked the Bright Angel Trail several times. Of the dozens of national parks I have been to, Grand Canyon is still one of my favorites.
Man, you are brave! a mule named Skidmark? ah heck no. ha ha. Although the story of these rides says there have been ZERO incidents since it's inception in the late 1880's
Megmondom az őszintét , hogy gyönyörű ! De a gyomrom le - föl liftezett ! Ezen igy végig menni , hát minden elismerésem az Övék ! Köszönöm , hogy láthattam !
This is the BEST video of the GC mule ride I have seen! You captured all the scenic, scary, and experiential highlights. The music is perfect too. It brings back such great memories of this epic experience. Thanks for creating and sharing it!
Thank you for sharing this video with us!!!! We are planning a trip to the Grand Canyon at some point. I’ve wondered about the mule rides offered at the Canyon, but never knew anyone who had tried it. Now I have a sense of what it’s like. It is an absolutely gorgeous trail!!! The mules are incredible, wondered how many times they’ve gone up and down those trails. They sure are sure-footed! Maybe I’ll muster up enough nerve to try it 🥴
Fantastic video! I've hiked it twice many years ago, and was impressed with the calm, steadiness of the mules, but I never wanted to ride them. Still don't but love this presentation. Thanks!
@@earledward8766 I can barely watch it. Literally get dizzy trying to watch people climb towers and such. Stopped at 3 minutes on this one. It's beautiful though.
I love mules ever since i rode my uncled mule in mexico he is a 22 year old and super smart docile and strong plus he loves me cause i spent hours just being around him
I never realized that the Bright Angel trail is so rugged with holes and rocks. I have only seen it as it starts off from the rim. My legs would never take the punishment. I often thought of taking the mule train. The mules are awesome. Thanks for posting, this was well done.
Canyons are awesome. Beautiful! Yes, I think I would like to ride a mule into the canyon. As long as I don't get bucked off, of course. Great video. Thank you!
I've been to the Grand Canyon 3 times and marvel at the views! But I have to admit, your views were much better! I will never be able to do what you did, because of an imbalance disorder, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing! Personally, I thought the music was very fitting! Thank you again! ❤🌵🐎❤
I did the Mule ride in 1989 but only to Plateau Point and back - incredible experience, and when I arrived back at the Grand Canyon Village I had what I still believe to be the best Coke float I’ve ever had..😋! LLAP 🖖!
I did this trip to the phantom ranch about 20 years ago. What an awesome experience and amazing views. And that river water was the coldest water I every felt.
Great review of what the trail ride is all about. For those of us who have seen the mules lined up at the top of the canyon but did not have the time nor the reservation to ride, we now have an idea of what it was like. Disregard any negative comments. The 40 thumbs down are from those who wish they could be there, those that are dissatisfied with their lives but make no effort to improve themselves and want everyone else to share in their misery. For the animal rights crazies, mules were bred for this type of work and can handle it with ease.
I agree. Yep, this is what mules do. It's a piece of cake for them. I have seen the mules over at the stables a number of times. They are better fed and have better medical attention than a lot of humans.
I get vertigo just watching ! They have mule trails like this all round Sicily, but not this dangerous. Owned horses for years, one of these things I enjoy most is the feeling of being in nature and at peace with the world. Hard to vicariously enjoy this with the music.
Thank you for uploading, as many times I’ve been to the Grand Canyon never had the chance to ride down to the valley and wondered what I was missing. Now I know !! Fantastic!!
My Dad and I went to the bottom of the canyon on mules when I was about 12. ( 40 yrs ago) It was so much fun! Although, it was 120 degrees out and I did not drink enough water. Back then, only the leader had a canteen for everyone to share. We only had a drink when he decided to stop. Once we reached the bottom, we were waiting to be assigned our cabins. I past out from heat exhaustion. They got me to our cabin and gave me water. I slept the entire night 😢 In the morning I was fine and was able to enjoy a wonderful breakfast with our group. 😊
No way, never. Not even if my life counted on it. Watching the little that I did I got dizzy, nauseated, anxiety and a panic attack. I felt like I was about to fall off the side of a mountain. No thank you.
@z not over doing anything, sir. i have neurological and medical conditions that limit my physical ability to leave my home including grand mal seizures, generalized anxiety, major panic attacks, as well as i am classified as a fall risk. thank you for your comment. Blessings.
Carl Makula ....I just sent it on to my 69year old cousin.......we did that in 1958, when we Were 8.....,.it was an awesome ride & day, I still have the pictures.
why i am feeling like my heart is in my hand while i watching this on my phone lol this trip is not for the faint hearted and animals are sensitive if you are scared chances are they will be too. This one trip if i ever visit i might not take 😂🙈
I've wanted to do this for a long time but I have a very healthy fear of heights. This video gave me so many visceral gut reactions, I'm not sure I could do it. I'd have to constantly remind myself "Trust the mule. Just trust the mule." And I'd be so nervous the entire ride, I probably wouldn't enjoy myself.
so good to see this posted I went on a mule ride down the canyon 27 years ago would definitely do it again it was so much fun. Thanks for posting , a lovely walk down memory lane.i was on the north rim ride. Not sure which one this is.
hi ... great video, We rode in Bryce Canyon in May 2019, which was also great. ( 3 hours peek-a-boo loop trail. wonderful tour. ) who was the organizer of this tour. Canyon trail raiders? and what tour was that? we want to go to las vegas again next year and go on a horseback tour again. Looking forward to your answer. Thank´s
Early 80s, I hiked the bright angel trail, from top to bottom 11 times, I was making money carrying peoples back packs from the bottom up to the top and leave gear at the Lodge , then I would walk back down and meet them on the trail get paid and bring up another pack. I did this 11 times over the course of 3 days. At $40 a pack💫. Loved every minute of it.
Is this Yellowstone Park Arizona? because I took that trial by foot all the way down to the lower fall in 1990. I never trusted the mules. Some time they will stop and look down the cliff as if deciding to jump to take an easy way down. The guide said that there has been no accident as such. I was young in my early 20's and could climb like a mountain goat. On the way up I herd the other climbers passing comments that I might be park ranger. Now I am 50, watching this video in Pakistan reminding me of good old days.
I have mules and just got back from there with my wife and 10 yr. old granddaughter they didn’t want to do it ! I don’t know if I could or not! Great video I’m thinking about going back with a buddy to do it now though!
@Dog Gone , One answer , the mules will not do that ! They are not stupid. You can not make a mule do something stupid like that even with a four foot long 2 X 4 !
Robert Carter I road up the mountain in santorini on a donkey and was so frightened but felt liberated after. Now I want to ride a mule down the canyon. ☺️
No way, never. Not even if my life counted on it. Watching the little that I did I got dizzy, nauseated, anxiety and a panic attack. I felt like I was about to fall off the side of a mountain. No thank you.
@Robert Carter Mules always have firm feet and animal instinct to find the path even at night. It's a great adventure, as on the times of Old West. It makes me feeling myself as an old cowboy. In Peruvian Andes, you can find some canyons similar to the Colorado one. Wilderness is the best thing on earth.
Hello, I hope you are well, I really like your videos and landscapes, but it has been a long time, but anyway, I love it, if you can upload recent ones, it would be much better, greetings from the city of Mex
i have hiked both the rim to rim trail and taken the Mules from Phantom Ranch to the top of Bright Angel Trail after a river rafting trip...Would rather hike the trail than do that Crazy Mule ride again...In fact I would rather hike up and down twice rather than taking 1 mule ride up or down..
@@aceyorba are the mules not safe or do they just not want to walk the trail ? They seem to move along pretty smoothly in the video. Just asking as I've always wanted to do this.
@@tagyouritification it's really fun and most definitely safe, mules are very sure footed animals even more so than horses. They will move fine, its just that some people have trouble getting them to start moving because they are to gentle and scaced. You really have to kick them or give them a little whip with the back of the reins to start movin but after that its very enjoyable.
Oh my gosh! I would be scared to death and the mules don't mind at all! However, my full trust would go with the mule. One has to watch this because the Grand Canyon is a living fossil that most Americans know nothing about. We would die to see this beauty on the grand scale it is - as there are city kids who hve never seen a frog. Worms don't come out of the soil after rain, anymore. After the rain yesterday, I actually saw a worm on the sidewalk. At 62 yrs I hvn't seen a worm in YEARS! Thanks for this upload. We need more of them!
Great video Brent! I was wondering if I get permission to use a small clip of this video in an instructional video that I am making for children with disabilities in which we pretend to go on a mule ride to work on their head and trunk control. Is there a different way I can contact you?
watched again. Boy, the music sure captures the ambiance of the Old West, asked my 22 yr old grandson Tony if he would do this. Nope. Told him Boy, you are plain yella! ha ha
I went on this Grand Canyon ride at about age 7 with my dad. I do not know how my dad had the nerve to strap me and my brother on this trip. I was frighten to death. That was 69 years ago.
Absolutely fantastic! I was privileged to ride the Mules in the summer of 1976 . . . so unforgettable!
You captured the magnitude; what a tribute to this wonder of our world! Bravo! Thank you for letting me travel vicariously with you!! Extreme!
Loved this. As a 19-year old in the late 60's, hiking the Grand Canyon was first on my list, which is now known as The Bucket List. I spent the night at the Phantom Ranch and came back the next day. I have since partially walked the Bright Angel Trail several times. Of the dozens of national parks I have been to, Grand Canyon is still one of my favorites.
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Thanks for posting. Been there, enjoyed the "at first, scary" ride. Learned to trust my mule "Skidmark" and I would do it again.
Man, you are brave! a mule named Skidmark? ah heck no. ha ha. Although the story of these rides says there have been ZERO incidents since it's inception in the late 1880's
Megmondom az őszintét , hogy gyönyörű ! De a gyomrom le - föl liftezett !
Ezen igy végig menni , hát minden elismerésem az Övék ! Köszönöm , hogy láthattam !
Que hermosa melodía agradable al oído. ..gracias por compartir así mismo el panorama .
Wow se parese ami país Guatemala aya en mi rancho
Excellent video - great music! I did the mule ride back in 1976 - your video was like a time machine to the days of my youth!! THANKS!
I loved my mule ride back when i was a girl scout in 1969! Wow now i am 63! Would love to do it again! Thanks for the memories!
We were there years ago. The mules are very well trained. Loved it! Awesome ride!
This is the BEST video of the GC mule ride I have seen! You captured all the scenic, scary, and experiential highlights. The music is perfect too. It brings back such great memories of this epic experience. Thanks for creating and sharing it!
Very nicely done, beautiful. I was there in 1990, still an awesome place.
Thank you for sharing this video with us!!!! We are planning a trip to the Grand Canyon at some point. I’ve wondered about the mule rides offered at the Canyon, but never knew anyone who had tried it. Now I have a sense of what it’s like. It is an absolutely gorgeous trail!!! The mules are incredible, wondered how many times they’ve gone up and down those trails. They sure are sure-footed! Maybe I’ll muster up enough nerve to try it 🥴
Wonderful video! And the music was fantastic, too!!
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Fantastic video! I've hiked it twice many years ago, and was impressed with the calm, steadiness of the mules, but I never wanted to ride them. Still don't but love this presentation. Thanks!
My wife and I went in 2016 as well. Thanks for the video! Well done. God bless!
Thank you for posting this video, as it is the only way I will experience it due to my fear of heights. Awesome video.
DezWW777 ditto !!! Patriot Perry ...
@@earledward8766 I can barely watch it. Literally get dizzy trying to watch people climb towers and such. Stopped at 3 minutes on this one. It's beautiful though.
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You said EXACTLY what I was thinking!
Haha that’s what I immediately thought. Hell to the NO would I ever do that. But it is a nice watch.
I love mules ever since i rode my uncled mule in mexico he is a 22 year old and super smart docile and strong plus he loves me cause i spent hours just being around him
I never realized that the Bright Angel trail is so rugged with holes and rocks. I have only seen it as it starts off from the rim. My legs would never take the punishment. I often thought of taking the mule train. The mules are awesome. Thanks for posting, this was well done.
Canyons are awesome. Beautiful! Yes, I think I would like to ride a mule into the canyon. As long as I don't get bucked off, of course. Great video. Thank you!
I've been to the Grand Canyon 3 times and marvel at the views! But I have to admit, your views were much better! I will never be able to do what you did, because of an imbalance disorder, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing! Personally, I thought the music was very fitting! Thank you again! ❤🌵🐎❤
What a remarkable and inspiring trip through the grand Canyon. Thanks for sharing your journey.
I did the Mule ride in 1989 but only to Plateau Point and back - incredible experience, and when I arrived back at the Grand Canyon Village I had what I still believe to be the best Coke float I’ve ever had..😋! LLAP 🖖!
Great video Karen and thank you kindly for sharing. What a great trip you must have had. GOD BLESS.
Whoa,,, thanks so much for sharing,,, Safe, happy & blessed travel on your all journey,,,
Such a good film. "The Jealous Crow" song was great/sounds like a classic Irish ditty.....
I did this trip to the phantom ranch about 20 years ago. What an awesome experience and amazing views. And that river water was the coldest water I every felt.
Thank you for this. I did this forty years ago. So great to see it again.
This is such a wonderful video - have watched it many times. Thank you for sharing your ride! I hope to do this one day.
Great review of what the trail ride is all about. For those of us who have seen the mules lined up at the top of the canyon but did not have the time nor the reservation to ride, we now have an idea of what it was like. Disregard any negative comments. The 40 thumbs down are from those who wish they could be there, those that are dissatisfied with their lives but make no effort to improve themselves and want everyone else to share in their misery. For the animal rights crazies, mules were bred for this type of work and can handle it with ease.
I agree. Yep, this is what mules do. It's a piece of cake for them. I have seen the mules over at the stables a number of times. They are better fed and have better medical attention than a lot of humans.
Everyone has to see things the way you do or they're unhappy or crazy ? Idiot , you must be a democrat .
@@presidenttrump7470 How did you guess?
@@H.pylori - Easy to spot an idiot or a democrat , same thing really . Not much guesswork needed .
This is an awesome video! thanks for putting it together.
That's definitely on my bucket list. It reminds me of riding horseback in Bryce Canyon, UT. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! I want to do this now. Canyon has always been on my list, this is the best way to see it.
Thank you for sharing. I visited Grand Canyon in 2017. It was nothing less than amazing!
Let’s face it those mules are amazing let alone the Grand Canyon
I get vertigo just watching ! They have mule trails like this all round Sicily, but not this dangerous. Owned horses for years, one of these things I enjoy most is the feeling of being in nature and at peace with the world. Hard to vicariously enjoy this with the music.
Fantastic! And the music was terrific! "Much obliged, much obliged."
Thank you for uploading, as many times I’ve been to the Grand Canyon never had the chance to ride down to the valley and wondered what I was missing. Now I know !! Fantastic!!
Thanks so much for a GREAT video!!!!!
My Dad and I went to the bottom of the canyon on mules when I was about 12. ( 40 yrs ago) It was so much fun! Although, it was 120 degrees out and I did not drink enough water. Back then, only the leader had a canteen for everyone to share. We only had a drink when he decided to stop. Once we reached the bottom, we were waiting to be assigned our cabins. I past out from heat exhaustion. They got me to our cabin and gave me water. I slept the entire night 😢 In the morning I was fine and was able to enjoy a wonderful breakfast with our group. 😊
The GC is amazingly dry. It might be as low as 5% humidity. You gotta drink a lot of water.
All mule riders now are given a water flask to carry with them.
Enjoyed watching your video. Thanks!
No way, never. Not even if my life counted on it. Watching the little that I did I got dizzy, nauseated, anxiety and a panic attack. I felt like I was about to fall off the side of a mountain. No thank you.
@z not over doing anything, sir. i have neurological and medical conditions that limit my physical ability to leave my home including grand mal seizures, generalized anxiety, major panic attacks, as well as i am classified as a fall risk. thank you for your comment. Blessings.
Yes, please list all of your diagnoses for everyone.
Oh, come on! I'll go with you over there! :))
I wish I was brave enough to try this while visiting. I just don't have the nerves...yet.😁
My daughter wanted to know what the grand canyon was and this was a great glimpse... Thank you.
Who does this?? I'm nervous watching from my couch.
Carl Makula ....I just sent it on to my 69year old cousin.......we did that in 1958, when we Were 8.....,.it was an awesome ride & day, I still have the pictures.
Mules do it every day...almost always without an accident.
why i am feeling like my heart is in my hand while i watching this on my phone lol this trip is not for the faint hearted and animals are sensitive if you are scared chances are they will be too. This one trip if i ever visit i might not take 😂🙈
I've wanted to do this for a long time but I have a very healthy fear of heights. This video gave me so many visceral gut reactions, I'm not sure I could do it. I'd have to constantly remind myself "Trust the mule. Just trust the mule." And I'd be so nervous the entire ride, I probably wouldn't enjoy myself.
That's an awesome place thank you for sharing me!
My husband I did this many years ago and it was terrifying and wonderful. I would do it again. Love this video.
so good to see this posted I went on a mule ride down the canyon 27 years ago would definitely do it again it was so much fun. Thanks for posting , a lovely walk down memory lane.i was on the north rim ride. Not sure which one this is.
hi ... great video,
We rode in Bryce Canyon in May 2019, which was also great. ( 3 hours peek-a-boo loop trail. wonderful tour. ) who was the organizer of this tour. Canyon trail raiders? and what tour was that? we want to go to las vegas again next year and go on a horseback tour again.
Looking forward to your answer. Thank´s
Early 80s, I hiked the bright angel trail, from top to bottom 11 times, I was making money carrying peoples back packs from the bottom up to the top and leave gear at the Lodge , then I would walk back down and meet them on the trail get paid and bring up another pack. I did this 11 times over the course of 3 days. At $40 a pack💫. Loved every minute of it.
Ha, what a great idea, I would have paid you a hundred. I seriously considered tossing my whole backpack into the river.
I loved this amazing video. I know you'd never get me to do that lol TFS
Oh yes. VERY BEAUTIFUL!
" Hi this is Sam the slightly suicidal mule"
Thank you for this wonderful video !!!!
Que hermoso e impactante. Mis tesoros y admiración
Hermosas y poderosas vestias
I'll only go on one of these tours with a parachute strapped to my back just in case.
Is this Yellowstone Park Arizona? because I took that trial by foot all the way down to the lower fall in 1990. I never trusted the mules. Some time they will stop and look down the cliff as if deciding to jump to take an easy way down. The guide said that there has been no accident as such. I was young in my early 20's and could climb like a mountain goat. On the way up I herd the other climbers passing comments that I might be park ranger. Now I am 50, watching this video in Pakistan reminding me of good old days.
I have mules and just got back from there with my wife and 10 yr. old granddaughter they didn’t want to do it ! I don’t know if I could or not! Great video I’m thinking about going back with a buddy to do it now though!
Just one question what if one mule decides to pass at a narrow point in the trail?
@Dog Gone ,
One answer , the mules will not do that ! They are not stupid. You can not make a mule do something stupid like that even with a four foot long 2 X 4 !
I am making the assumption you are using a GoPro. Just wondering how high is the chest strap so I won’t be shooting into the mules back.
no way... watching this made me nervous ... yikes! PS: great video. now I don't have to do this.
At least I'm not the only chicken.
Robert Carter I road up the mountain in santorini on a donkey and was so frightened but felt liberated after. Now I want to ride a mule down the canyon. ☺️
No way, never. Not even if my life counted on it. Watching the little that I did I got dizzy, nauseated, anxiety and a panic attack. I felt like I was about to fall off the side of a mountain. No thank you.
@Robert Carter Mules always have firm feet and animal instinct to find the path even at night. It's a great adventure, as on the times of Old West. It makes me feeling myself as an old cowboy. In Peruvian Andes, you can find some canyons similar to the Colorado one. Wilderness is the best thing on earth.
That mule you are riding is always looking at the cliff watch her ear pointing... neat ride!!
That's why you TRUST the mule!
A couple I knew went on that ride. The gentleman said it made his "chicken eye wink"...lmao
What an amazing video,scared the hell out of me.Sooo close to the edges,OMG.
Damn that would be a great ride to go on. 1 great adventure there.
Wow beautiful,this is on my bucket list, how much is this excursion?
Just beautiful
I've been down bright angel Trail many years ago. Such a delight walking through mule shit.
Ha!
My wife my daughter and I rode the mules to the Phantom Ranch in 93. They said no one had been killed up to that point riding a mules
I'd love to do this, I bet the waiver signed before the ride is 20 pages long. LOL
Believe it or not, there is no waiver.
@@dj33036
very cool. Take your life in your own got darned hands!
The mules are well-insured.
Parabéns muito legal esse vídeo music show
Thank you, Karen. It is a big help.
Such natural beauty and mystical (almost mythical) terrain! One might even say Mythtical!
What kind of equipment are you using to video? It's not choppy at all.
Me and my 3 boys went to the Grand Canyon in 1986 and road the mules to the bottom. It was a great experience. It was a little scary .
Awesome video! Which site did you book with?
Hell no! Cliffs, caves and crossings! Trifecta of nightmares! Thanks for letting me live vigorously through this video though!
I did this very trail in the 70,s as a kid❤
Hello, I hope you are well, I really like your videos and landscapes, but it has been a long time, but anyway, I love it, if you can upload recent ones, it would be much better, greetings from the city of Mex
Thank you for video , i never rid a mule or horse .do i learn first?
My concern would be the mule's endurance and the weight of some people.
i have hiked both the rim to rim trail and taken the Mules from Phantom Ranch to the top of Bright Angel Trail after a river rafting trip...Would rather hike the trail than do that Crazy Mule ride again...In fact I would rather hike up and down twice rather than taking 1 mule ride up or down..
aceyorba
Just curious, why didn't you like the mule ride?
@@cannon-ce1tu
Ever here the phrase ,
Stubborn as a Mule...
I would never do it again...
@@aceyorba are the mules not safe or do they just not want to walk the trail ?
They seem to move along pretty smoothly in the video. Just asking as I've always wanted to do this.
@@tagyouritification it's really fun and most definitely safe, mules are very sure footed animals even more so than horses. They will move fine, its just that some people have trouble getting them to start moving because they are to gentle and scaced. You really have to kick them or give them a little whip with the back of the reins to start movin but after that its very enjoyable.
how much does that cost to take that ride I wonder
Its a long ride to.
It cost you your life.
wait----THEY don't pay YOU ? whoa.........
WOW that was amazing!
Oh my gosh! I would be scared to death and the mules don't mind at all! However, my full trust would go with the mule.
One has to watch this because the Grand Canyon is a living fossil that most Americans know nothing about. We would die to see this beauty on the grand scale it is - as there are city kids who hve never seen a frog. Worms don't come out of the soil after rain, anymore. After the rain yesterday, I actually saw a worm on the sidewalk. At 62 yrs I hvn't seen a worm in YEARS!
Thanks for this upload. We need more of them!
Was this a booked tour? If so please tell me where to book lol
Great video Brent! I was wondering if I get permission to use a small clip of this video in an instructional video that I am making for children with disabilities in which we pretend to go on a mule ride to work on their head and trunk control. Is there a different way I can contact you?
How long take go donw and come back to up?
To go down, just a few seconds....
Thank you for fulfilling the Grand Canyon dream that I wasn't able to do, as we ran out of money and time. It was really a nice ride, thanks again!
A lovaknak nincs tériszunyuk?
Which company did you go with and how long was your trip?
Wonderful video, thanks for sharing it!! I would be scared to death (terrified of heights), I would need some serious guardrails!!!!
Gotta be kewl!!!!! Be friends and be cool walking so nothing goes wrong.
how long does it take?
watched again. Boy, the music sure captures the ambiance of the Old West, asked my 22 yr old grandson Tony if he would do this. Nope. Told him Boy, you are plain yella! ha ha
WHERE IS THIS PLACE SO BEAUTIFUL IN WHICH COUNTRY SOMEONE CAN SAY ME
This is in u.s.a. Arizona, grand canyon.
waooo this very beautiful greetings from moscco Peru I hope more videos
@@percyleandrespapus8650 You have the Andes - pretty similar.
I went on this Grand Canyon ride at about age 7 with my dad. I do not know how my dad had the nerve to strap me and my brother on this trip. I was frighten to death. That was 69 years ago.
Oh my! I suppose your Dad thought he was treating you to something really special and didn't consider the dangers.