My First 200 Miler in the Italian Alps - TOR DES GEANTS
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- Опубликовано: 25 фев 2020
- The 330 km TOR Des Geants is a race in the Italian Alps. The course heads counter-clockwise on the Alta Via 2 along the south side of the Aosta valley for the first half of the race, returning along the Alta Via 1 back to Courmayeur.
The 2018 TOR was my first 200 miler. What follows is just a brief look at my experience at the race, all the ups and the downs on my journey among the giants of the alps.
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Hey Jeff can’t emphasise enough how incredible and enjoyable your videos are long may you continue making them.
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Great storytelling, unbelievable race, felt with you all the way. Thank you and congratulations!
Thanks Ben.
This has to be one of the best mountain trail videos on RUclips. Can't stop watching it. 👍
Thanks for the kind words, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Your combined talents of storytelling, filmmaking, humility, and physical and mental strength make you an above average human being Jeff. Thank you for capturing the soul of the races you compete in, commentate on, and support others in. I am very pleased I found your channel. It is fast becoming a secret weapon in my own Ultra Running journey.
Seeing this 3 years late but man the effort that goes in to these is fantastic. Great content indeed. This channel is a gem
Immersive, inspirational, emotional and engaging. Jeff, you create rare works which are a marvellous counterforce to the negative signals that resound around us. For me, I watch your videos and certain questions arise - what are my limits?, can I be a better person tomorrow than I am today?, how can I engage others to experience the joys and strengths that come from a physical outdoor life?, etc. Thank you for all the work you put into these videos. My wife, kids and I are moved regularly by your journey and also spend as much time as we can self-powering in our beautiful country. In 2019 we were hiking in the Italian/Swiss alps and Norway. Thanks too for bringing us back to Europe during our lockdown! Cheers from Sydney - Dave
Thank you so much! Can't love this comment enough.
I love the end of this video, when you see the runners after the finish line. Especially the part between 42:04 and 42:21. Such a beautiful short portrait of accomplishment.
Wow!!! I found myself crying watching this...the beauty of those mountains...thank you for this! Congrats and well done!! This needs to be on my race list for the next year or so when the world returns to normal.
Glad you enjoyed it Joshua! It’s definitely one of the most beautiful places I’ve been.
keep grinding bro! We wait for u at the finish line with some beers and great wine
Nice one! Made me relive the experience. I actually ran the race the same year. Started injured and really had a rough time finishing in 129 hours but it was an incredible experience. Thanks for sharing!
Never ever will I complain about physical discomfort ever again. A super human effort. Truly awesome achievement for ALL those who completed. Absolutely giant effort, literally. Tour of Giants.
Jeff I have to say as a fellow Canuck on the East coast in NS I have loved watching all your adventures, and the views. ohhhh myyyy. Your film style is amazing and it continues to feed my need to want to immerse my self even more into trail running. and long distances. Keep up the good work, both of you.
Wow, good on you Jeff! To shoot some gorgeous footage AND still place 64th out of 500 and the 1st time you participated at this race; I'd definitely call that a win :-) Thanks so much for taking the time to shoot, edit and score this film - brilliantly done. I look forward to watching further content from you.
Thank you! Stay tuned for more.
Great channel! You have a gift for drawing the viewer into your story so that they are right along side you on each ascent and descent, feeling each step, the wind, rain, rays of sunlight, pain and joy. Thank you!
Vivo in Valla d'Aosta ed ho fatto il Tor, complimenti perché questo video riesce a trasmettere le emozioni, le gioie e le difficoltà del Tor!! Bravo sia per il video che per la gara.
I must confess: what a great video you have done! The way you did everything was outstanding! It made me realize that it must be a lifetime experience that every trail runner must do!... Fantastic and thanks for sharing with us all those moments. ;)
Loved watching it! Thank you!
Extraordinary film. Thank you!
What a great Video! Thank you for sharing and congrats for finishing so fast! :)
another brilliant video!
Well done Jeff. What an experience!
Hi Jeff, this September I will be starting this journey. Have been watching your video the third time now. So real and inspirational. Looking forward to my own experience. Thank you VM
amazing video!! Congratsss
What an awesome video! Watching this made relive that magical journey through Aosta again. Thank you!!
What an amazing movie! Thank you!
another great episode. well done Jeff!
Thank you for posting and sharing your experience. It is a wonderful movie !!
Fantastic video and brings me a lot of memories on my 2022 race. Thank you!
Great video, loved it.
So mooving ! Bravo and congrats ! So inspiring, thank you :)
Truly excellent video - captures the majesty, the suffering, everything. I'm inspired.
Beautiful route, what a blast, well done.
Very inspiring video. Well done on completing the race.
and another awesome video from Jeff
Thanks for sharing the insights for your TDG adventure. This inspires me to partake TDG in the future.
Great film. I'm surprised you don't have more followers. I'm a long distance hiker rather than a trail runner, but appreciate your film-making skills and style of presenting your trips.
Congratulations, you're a warrior !!!
You in spire me.
Congratulations and thank you
Fantastic achievement! Thanks a lot for sharing your experience :)
Uplifting. Great video and effort. Thank you
Thank you for sharing. Awesome pictures. Really authentic.
Great video!!
The numbers on this race are just incredible. Thanks for the video!
Awesome video, you really inspired me to do such races someday
Amazing video. Great job 👍
these are so good! so talented and so impressed you can film when you are doing such a hard challenge
Your videos motivate me so hard to keep training for my first trail! Keep up the work, Jeff! Much appreciated!
Incredible accomplishment and footage. Truly enjoyed following along.
Amazing storytelling and trail !! Great job Jeff
Great video 👍🏻. Definitely an event on my bucket list!
Well done 👌
Thanks for sharing the whole...
Stay healthy 🍻🇩🇰
What a ride you took us through. A new fan here...
all your movies are great Jeff, thank you for that
Great doc and congratulation for the race jeff!!! I'm not stopping see it since yesterday knowing all those amazing places! I didn't think there was such a long race for hikers!!! LOVE IT
I think this has to be my new favourite trail running video. Bravo. Goosebumps
Amazing skills to making me feel I was there with you... Great work
Amazing! Thank you for sharing this unique experience and those great views! Incredible achievement! It is truly inspiring.
Awesome video! Very inspiring
Absolutely amazing - that distance in that topography is insane!
Incredible video Jeff - I would love to do this in the next few years
What an achievement ! Well Done Jeff
Amazing. What a quality video. the best I've seen. Congratulations again
The first video of yours I watched was the Quebec Mega Trail and this is the second. I have from my youth been a runner including 4 marathons, but what you both do is amazing. We now live in Australia where much of the natural beauty here has been destroyed by fires and floods. I have so enjoyed seeing the natural beauty of Canada through you videos. Thank you both very much and best wishes for your future endeavours. George Brett
Hi Jeff, I just want to hop on here and say thank you to you. Your videos has been a great inspiration for me to go out and run as well. Keep up the good work!
Hey Jeff congrats on this finish. I hope to venture over there someday to try out the Alps. Love the content also.
What a fabulous race Jeff so beautiful and a great video as well
Brilliant film, Many thanks.
Amazing to complete the race, but even more amazing to simultaneously film this wonderful film!
Your videos are insanely high quality, it’s like we are right there with you. Fantastic video quality and the whole production is so professional. Thank you for letting us a peek into these races and into this lifestyle.
Just watching this now as l prepare for my first Alpine ultra in August, fantastic film sir, well done a real inspiration
You did the Tor! You should be proud of yourself! And you have this beautiful video as memory!
At the end of my 128 kilometers at Transgrancanaria this weekend I swore to myself that I would never run again. But after watching this amazing video I know I have to do Tor Des Geants one day :D
TOR is a bucket list race for sure. Congrats on Transgrancanaria! I hope to run that myself one day.
you sir , is a beast ! great adventure
Complimenti. Bellissimo viaggio...mi sono emozionato.
The smiling and hugging people at the end of the race were such a nice touch!
This is just unbelievable...but magnificent! Congratulations! I didn't think this was even possible before watching your wonderful movie.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful experience. It's like I am having a tour at TOR too.
Great documentary!! Thank you so much for sharing your experience, so inspiring. My maximum is 100 km, and dreaming to do more in the future. Runners like you really create extra motivation!
Everybody that runs this race or even part of it is a hero to me. I watch stuff like this while I run. You're all pushing what most people would even believe is possible.
Thanks so much!
oh boy! I cried at the end of this one....what an amazing race! Congratulations!
You two are awesome.
Congratulations!! You seemed so measured throughout! And great film making also, thanks for sharing 👍
Enhorabuena Jeff!!! Impresionante prueba, una experiencia inolvidable para tí, y magnífico vídeo 👏💪
Great reception from the locals. The beauty of the place is overwhelming.
Amazing accomplishment, beautifully filmed while doing the race. Could not have been easy. Well done!
More cowbell! I almost didn't watch this video and I'm so glad I watched it! One set of my grandparents immigrated from Switzerland ~1917 and ended up in Portland, Oregon; soon other family members followed. My cousins managed a small fishery on Lake Lucerne from generations back. I traveled there in the 80s, but I don't know if I will ever see it again. Your film made me appreciate the Alps and surrounding areas so much more! I love the sound of the cowbells; it must be in my blood.
Congratulations, Jeff! What a beautifully crafted film. I'm now subscribed, and look forward to enjoying more of your work!
What a journey... beautiful scenery... What an achievement... You make me wanna race this race.. well done Sir!
Great movie and an amazing achievement!
Amazing video brother! I love the chill minimalist vibe for such a massive adventure.
Thanks Scotty!
Great video, thank you!
Incroyable ! So beautifull vidéo !
Loved seeing your amazing journey. Brilliantly told!!
Thanks Dean!
Thanks Jeff! Very inspirational and well done!
Thanks so much!
These videos inspire me to not just ultrarun but find a way to get into these races
Such an amazing experience in those mountains, full of energy by the people. I am not sure I would be able to accomplish something that hard, my admiration and respect to all the finishers.
Impressionnant BRAVO !
Wonderful movie, this part of the alps is particularly beautiful. And walking/hiking them from unmanned refuge to refuge is really worthwhile. Thank you for making this, saw some of the places we visited as well (althoutgh not running).
Also incredible achievement to even finish, let alone within the time you did it.
Great run and great film 👍thanks alot for let us contribute to your jurney 🤩 my wife and I have been hiking alta via 1 and 2 a couple of years ago. It took some weeks 😉 greets from Germany. Keep on running 👈
Over 200 miles and days without sleep, how can I resist? Amazing video from the start!
I will be running my first 50k in Vallarta in 2 weeks and your videos are quite a motivation right now!