23 Oct
by site editor Rick McCharles
I just happen to be in Maui …
As my Adventure Racing team is at U.S. Championships in Texas this weekend, perhaps I shoudl jump in with the best off-road triathletes on Earth.
… What do you think?
At 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 25th, a maxed-out field of 550 international racers [...]
16 Oct
Great day in North Vancouver, on the Fisherman’s Trail with Rockin’ Ronnie.
Thanks buddy.
15 Oct
Endurance Athletes To Pedal Hi-tech Boat Around Vancouver Island
Oct. 15, 2009 – One week from now, endurance athletes Greg Kolodziejzyk of Calgary and Jordan Hanssen of Seattle, WA will attempt a nautical circumnavigation of Vancouver Island, piloting the custom-designed, pedal-powered boat Within on its first long-distance ocean voyage. Greg and Jordan will launch Within [...]
20 Sep
by Besthike editor Rick McCharles
One of the best day hikes out of my home town, Calgary, is Banded Peak. But it’s a big day:
Something like 37 km return, a 1416m (4645ft) height gain.
Perhaps 27km on the bike and a 10km return hike/scree scramble to the 2,934m (9,626ft) summit.
Here’s the final deceptively easy looking approach.
Banded [...]
2 Sep
Trip report by site editor Rick McCharles
Jungfrau hike – day 2
By coincidence, I was in Grindelwald the same time as the annual Eiger Bike Challenge. In fact, I hung out at the main tent two days running.
Hikers, the train and the cycle race all climbed from from the valley to Klein Scheidegg.
Most cyclists [...]
6 Aug
Sportgastein is the highest ski resort in the ski-intensive Gastein valley in Austria.
In the Summer it’s a lovely place to hike or bike. The best destination out of the alpine town of Bad Gastein.
A few pics from my two days there.
It was more work than I expected climbing up to Nidersachsenhaus. Great views though.
more [...]
31 Jul
Wow.
I was shocked to see Kraig’s headline on the official blog:
Robyn Benincasa and Team Nike Out of Primal Quest Badlands
… the withdrawl of defending PQ champs Nike. Last week, team captain Mike Kloser suffered a crash while mountain biking, which left him with a broken collarbone, a collapsed lung, and five broken [...]
25 Jul
To rest my feet between hikes, I rented a mountain bike for an “easy” day in the mountains of North Italy.
I did a good chunk of this loop. The bus delivers you to a high pass. And you roll generally downhill.
The Rails to Trails sections were awesome. But at times I was pushed [...]
16 Jun
UPDATE – Team Nike Beaver Creek won the first annual Adventure Sports Week 2-day Adventure Race.
For this race the team was made up of Mike Kloser, Gretchen Reeves and Jay Henry. Congratulations.
official results
The win was far from easy, however. Nike was pushed hard by Team Life [...]
13 Jun
Just added 20 new pics from our sprawling Adventure Sports Week event in Idaho.
see more on flickr
The Crux and The Crucible Adventure Race starts tomorrow early. Teams hope to finish each of the next 2 days within 14hrs.
Hints from event organizer David Adlard lead us to understand it’s going to be a [...]
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