(Final Part of the Bhutan Trek Series) See here for Part 3 – Into the Himalayas: Beginning the Chomolhari Trek Day 4 – Climbing Toward 16,000 Feet I woke early that morning. I wanted to catch the sunrise lighting up Mount Jomolhari, and I also knew we had a big day ahead of us. Our …
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Mar 06
Winter Trip to the Canadian Rockies
We originally had made plans to go to Lake Placid in mid-December for a little Winter ski vacation. We had plans later in the Winter to head to Arizona for a week, so we needed to get a little Winter-fix before going to some warmer climate. Planning a ski vacation to the Adirondacks in December …
Oct 19
Ironman Pocono Mountains 70.3…My First Half Ironman?
From October 2010 until May 2011, I focused on building a solid base of endurance which ultimately ended totaling 2x the distance of each discipline in the half-iron distance per week : Swim 2.4 miles, Bike 112, and run 26. … There would be a time trial start for the bike and they would just run down the rows in T1 telling each athlete to go every couple seconds.
Jan 31
Lake Placid Winter Vacation 2011–Day 2
To start off our week we headed to our favorite breakfast spot, Chair 6. The food there is just great and the breakfasts are just fabulous. I do miss the more casual atmosphere that the place used to have, but hey the food is still good so I will just have suck it up. We …