USA Nationals and FIBArk
June 13 - 2009
For me, any trip to FIBArk boils down to two events, my play time in the mountains and FIBArk .
My play time in the mountains was a blast. Lynn and I arrived on Sat pm (June 13th) and had Sun-Monday to hike. So we hit several of our favorites.
On Saturday we hiked Mt Elbert up to about 13.5k which is enough to see from the Leadville area to Howard. WOW, what a feeling of being on tope of the word.
On Monday we hiked the Alpine Tunnel Trail about 6 miles Northwest of St Elmo with the O’Sullivans. Tierney and Bailey were real troopers but it was pretty obvious why we are such huge fans of Keen boots.. For day hikes, I’m a huge fan of the Targhee Mid level boots so I can bomb down trails without worry about twisting or dinging up my ankles.
http://www.keenfootwear.com/product/fw09/shoes/men/trailhead/targhee%20ii%20mid
Lynn is a big fan of the lower cut Targhee II hiker as she wants something that is light like an elite running shoe but has boot properties.
http://www.keenfootwear.com/product/fw09/shoes/women/trailhead/targhee%20ii
But either way, the functional beauty of our books became quickly apparent at the day wore on and we crossed snow on the trail and easy boulder fields.
Lynn and I also hit Agnes Vail Falls and other local attractions in the region such as Cottonwood Pass.
The rest of the event was FIBArk and USA Nationals. I’d done a pretty through job of documenting the races and results on http://www.usawildwater.com/. The links you will want to see are:
http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2009/2009_WW_Nationals-FIBArk-Megafest.pdf
http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2009/090626_FIBArk_Head2Head.htm
Without a doubt, FIBArk did a heck of a job hosting the events.
http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2009/090627_FIBArk_Thank_You.htm
On a personal level, I’ve heard the rumblings that it must have been disappointing for me to race C-2 and not win the USA National Championships. Well, while that has only happened a something like 3 other times, I don’t feel that way. That’s sports! The other C-2 teams were all quite good this year. Both Roehner/Baker and Bortz/Wiegand were very solid and I was happy to have gotten the chance to compete with them.
The only disappointment for me was the injury I sustained prior to the event. As a result, I only raced the C-2 event in order to fulfill my C-2 commitments at Nationals and only raced the FIBArk 10 mile downriver race in C-1.
June 13 - 2009
For me, any trip to FIBArk boils down to two events, my play time in the mountains and FIBArk .
My play time in the mountains was a blast. Lynn and I arrived on Sat pm (June 13th) and had Sun-Monday to hike. So we hit several of our favorites.
On Saturday we hiked Mt Elbert up to about 13.5k which is enough to see from the Leadville area to Howard. WOW, what a feeling of being on tope of the word.
On Monday we hiked the Alpine Tunnel Trail about 6 miles Northwest of St Elmo with the O’Sullivans. Tierney and Bailey were real troopers but it was pretty obvious why we are such huge fans of Keen boots.. For day hikes, I’m a huge fan of the Targhee Mid level boots so I can bomb down trails without worry about twisting or dinging up my ankles.
http://www.keenfootwear.com/product/fw09/shoes/men/trailhead/targhee%20ii%20mid
Lynn is a big fan of the lower cut Targhee II hiker as she wants something that is light like an elite running shoe but has boot properties.
http://www.keenfootwear.com/product/fw09/shoes/women/trailhead/targhee%20ii
But either way, the functional beauty of our books became quickly apparent at the day wore on and we crossed snow on the trail and easy boulder fields.
Lynn and I also hit Agnes Vail Falls and other local attractions in the region such as Cottonwood Pass.
The rest of the event was FIBArk and USA Nationals. I’d done a pretty through job of documenting the races and results on http://www.usawildwater.com/. The links you will want to see are:
http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2009/2009_WW_Nationals-FIBArk-Megafest.pdf
http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2009/090626_FIBArk_Head2Head.htm
Without a doubt, FIBArk did a heck of a job hosting the events.
http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2009/090627_FIBArk_Thank_You.htm
On a personal level, I’ve heard the rumblings that it must have been disappointing for me to race C-2 and not win the USA National Championships. Well, while that has only happened a something like 3 other times, I don’t feel that way. That’s sports! The other C-2 teams were all quite good this year. Both Roehner/Baker and Bortz/Wiegand were very solid and I was happy to have gotten the chance to compete with them.
The only disappointment for me was the injury I sustained prior to the event. As a result, I only raced the C-2 event in order to fulfill my C-2 commitments at Nationals and only raced the FIBArk 10 mile downriver race in C-1.
USA Nationals and FIBArk
ReplyDeleteJune 13 - 2009
For me, any trip to FIBArk boils down to two events, my play time in the mountains and FIBArk .
My play time in the mountains was a blast. Lynn and I arrived on Sat pm (June 13th) and had Sun-Monday to hike. So we hit several of our favorites.
On Saturday we hiked Mt Elbert up to about 13.5k which is enough to see from the Leadville area to Howard. WOW, what a feeling of being on tope of the word.
On Monday we hiked the Alpine Tunnel Trail about 6 miles Northwest of St Elmo with the O’Sullivans. Tierney and Bailey were real troopers but it was pretty obvious why we are such huge fans of Keen boots.. For day hikes, I’m a huge fan of the Targhee Mid level boots so I can bomb down trails without worry about twisting or dinging up my ankles.
http://www.keenfootwear.com/product/fw09/shoes/men/trailhead/targhee%20ii%20mid
Lynn is a big fan of the lower cut Targhee II hiker as she wants something that is light like an elite running shoe but has boot properties.
http://www.keenfootwear.com/product/fw09/shoes/women/trailhead/targhee%20ii
But either way, the functional beauty of our books became quickly apparent at the day wore on and we crossed snow on the trail and easy boulder fields.
Lynn and I also hit Agnes Vail Falls and other local attractions in the region such as Cottonwood Pass.
The rest of the event was FIBArk and USA Nationals. I’d done a pretty through job of documenting the races and results on www.usawildwater.com. The links you will want to see are:
http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2009/2009_WW_Nationals-FIBArk-Megafest.pdf
http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2009/090626_FIBArk_Head2Head.htm
Without a doubt, FIBArk did a heck of a job hosting the events.
http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2009/090627_FIBArk_Thank_You.htm
On a personal level, I’ve heard the rumblings that it must have been disappointing for me to race C-2 and not win the USA National Championships. Well, while that has only happened a something like 3 other times, I don’t feel that way. That’s sports! The other C-2 teams were all quite good this year. Both Roehner/Baker and Bortz/Wiegand were very solid and I was happy to have gotten the chance to compete with them.
The only disappointment for me was the injury I sustained prior to the event. As a result, I only raced the C-2 event in order to fulfill my C-2 commitments at Nationals and only raced the FIBArk 10 mile downriver race in C-1.