Hi Bryan- thanks for replying! Sounds like you and your brother enjoyed your trip enough to do it again which is promising.
I have not made any plans yet and believe me, I will research it to death once I start. I have a coworker who has done the rim to rim - in one consecutive run. This kind of challenge interests me. Currently I am just starting to look at the options of the trails and (most importantly) the time of the year for trail conditions.
What do you think? Is this crazy talk?