from 2010 Mountaineering Season
I hope everybody had a wonderful New Year's celebration. Talkeetna really does it up with fireworks (unregulated) going on everywhere. Despite temperatures staying well below zero everybody gets out and about to go to bonfires and watch fireworks. Here's the latest on availability for 2012 expeditions. EXPEDITIONS Denali West Buttress April 27 - May 17: 6 spaces available April 29 - May 19: 5 spaces available May 8 - May 28: 6 spaces available May 11 - 31: 5 spaces available May 13 - June 2: 2 spaces ...
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Heading into today's Stage 18 of the Tour de France , we knew that we could expect some fireworks between the top contenders in the GC. But what we didn't know was that one of those contenders would put in an amazing attack, while another would see his hopes of winning dashed beyond repair. The 200.5km (124.5 mile) stage ran between Pinerolo and Galibier-Serre Chevalier and featured high mountain passes, and three uncategorized climbs to sap the strength of the riders in the Peloton. The ride started as
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Following the rest day yesterday, the riders at this year's Tour de France went back out onto the road today, where they continued their ride through the French countryside. The day started with wind, rain, and even hale at the start, and ended with a clash of sprinters at the end. Stage 10 was another hilly affair, with two Category 3 and 4 climbs. Despite that however, it was a blisteringly fast ride that had the Peloton sweeping across the course in a very workmen like fashion. When it was all said and
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If you were looking for excitement and fireworks on the Tour de France , today was not the day to tune in. The 218km (135.44 mile) stage 7 was mostly flat and fast, which predictably made it a day for the sprinters to show off their talents, with a just as predictable winner. It was Mark Cavendish of HTC - Highroad who claimed his 17th career stage win today by out sprinting Alessandro Petacchi andAndré Greipel to the line. Cavendish's team mates shadowed him well all day long, and led him not only to the
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Stage 6 of the 2011 Tour de France was a mostly by-the-numbers affair that gave the sprinters a chance to stretch their legs some, but in the end, it didn't provide a whole lot of fireworks out on the course. At 226.5km (140.72 miles) in length, today's leg of the race was the longest the riders will face this year. Stretching from Dinan to Lisieux, the day began as wet, rainy one, and ended with the sun finally peeking out as the riders crossed the finished line. The winner of today's stage was Edvald ...
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I'm looking through the door in the basement of a hotel where I'm lying, with 4 other men, in a radon bath heated by the geothermal springs of Mt Damavand. Stood in the doorway is an overweight Iranian taxi driver in white baggy white Y fronts with a big rubber tube in his hand. Even after only a few days in Iran we were getting rapidly used to these contrasts but only a few hours ago it had been -25℃ and blowing about 40km/h as we clipped into our skis, 100m below the summit of Mt Damavand, the highest
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
Another week's gone by here at AMS headquarters and the festivities continue. New Year's Eve in Talkeetna is quite entertaining with live music in the bars and fireworks up and down Main Street courtesy of whomever feels like lighting them. There is a party and bonfire at AMS, so if you're in the neighborhood stop by. If you are interested in a Wilderness First Responder certification you better hurry as there are only 6 spaces left on the full course. The recerts are all filling quickly, as well. These
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A week ago I reported that Dean Potter and Sean Leary had set a new speed record on El Cap's The Nose route, beating the old record, held by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama, by a mere 20 seconds. At the time, Potter and Leary were quoted as saying that they were just getting started and that they thought they could shave more time off the new mark, which stands at 2 hours, 36 minutes, and 45 seconds. Not to be so easily outdone, Florine also weighed in on the new record, saying that he would likely try to
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
Dinner on the glacier. Dave shows off his favorite gorp. Melis' impersonating Marilyn Monroe...Alaska style. The pyrotechnics: Dave and Joe Visually, due to snow fall and too much light, the fireworks weren't that spectacular but they were loud. Despite this, it is doubtful we will forget where we spent the Fourth of July. Other than avalanches it's pretty quiet in there since planes were not flying. These are pictures that I took when I was there on Saturday July 3. I and two others were able to fly out
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Gowler's team is resting today, winds are strong up high so they are not able to make a summit attempt. Ershler's team and Vernovage's Czech team are both heading down from 17K after making the summit on July 4th...well done. Meanwhile, back at basecamp....two (the Olson's) of Melis' team got out along with one very lucky AMS office employee (me.) We were picked up this morning around 10:00 am while it was snowing lightly. We were very fortunate that the pilot opted (with some persuading from AMS) to do
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