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Category Archives: night
It worked?!
It worked! I don’t want anyone to die of suspense after last week’s cliff-hanger, so here is a quick resolution to the South Africa Occultation story (see here for part 1 and part 2). Team 13 (myself and Simon along … Continue reading
Posted in abroad, astronomy, exploration, night
Tagged 2014mu69, cape town, occultation, rondeberg, safari, south africa, telescope
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New Mexico for Fun and Profit
It’s been a couple of years since I last traveled for work (at least to anyplace interesting). Fortunately, I was recently awarded two half-nights on the 3.5 meter telescope at Apache Point Observatory in the mountains above Alamagordo, New … Continue reading
Posted in exploration, night, peak, running, solo, travel, winter
Tagged alamagordo, alkali flats, apache point, astronomy, cloudcroft, el paso, las cruces, m87, mammoth rock, organ mountains, ron coleman trail, sdss, south franklin mountain, spectra, sun pillar, sunspot, telescope, tortugas mountain, transmountain highway, tularosa basin, turkeys, white sands
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Closing the Circle at Bighorn
The Bighorn 100 last year was certainly one of the highlights of my life. It was a huge challenge accepted and achieved, a new emotional and physical range, bragging rights galore, and basically one hell of a life experience. … Continue reading
Posted in exploration, night, race, running, travel
Tagged beer, ben, bighorn 100, chip, chris, cow camp, dayton, dry fork, footbridge, jaws, kari, little bighorn, medicine wheel, rob, sheridan, steve, tim, trail race, ultramarathon
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Cultivating Insomnia
Some people suffer from insomnia. I’m cultivating it to a high art. Last year, in preparation for Big Horn, I decided that running all night in training might be a good idea before I ran all night in a race. … Continue reading
Posted in exploration, night, running
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Blue Lake Moon
Most summers we attempt, or at least talk up attempting, a night ascent of Mt. Audubon. Some years, it’s amazing and beautiful. Some years, it’s horrific type-3 fun. The 2015 edition looked good in weather forecast, but less good in … Continue reading
Posted in night, running
Tagged Blue Lake, Brainard Lake, Indian Peaks Wilderness, Mitchell Lake, Night Run
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Momentum: 100 miles in the Bighorn Mountains and Other Places
It grinds on, but I’ve lost all sense of time and pace and effort. I’m so far gone that the idea of stopping seems exotic, anathema. Kate is right there at my elbow, matching me stride for stride, just as she’s always been, just as she’ll always be. I’ve lost track of when I last drank, or ate, or peed. It doesn’t matter. I don’t need anything. I run. That’s what I’ve always done, that’s what I’ll always do. I have momentum. Continue reading
Posted in classics, exploration, night, race, retrospective, running
Tagged bear camp, bighorn 100, cow camp, dayton, dry fork, elk camp, footbridge, jason, jaws, kate, little bighorn river, momentum, race, run, spring marsh, tongue river canyon, transcendence, wild and scenic
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Up All Night to Get Lucky
I run at night a lot. As the co-leader of the Boulder Trail Runners Night Run, I log several hours each week in the dark on everything from pavement to gnarly technical terrain. Many of my favorite and most profound memories have … Continue reading
Posted in exploration, night, peak, running
Tagged boulder open space, eldorado canyon, flagstaff mountain, green mountain, Night Run, south mesa trailhead, walker ranch
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