Racer D

Sept 18-20, 2024: Nolan’s 14 consists of climbing/hiking/running fourteen of the 14,000’+ mountains in Colorado’s Sawatch Range in one foot-powered push of less than 60 hours. The exact route is open, but distance is about one hundred miles and elevation gain is around 45,000′. I learned about Nolan’s last fall and made the decision to do it… Read more: Kat’s 10 of Nolan’s 14

July 27, 2018: Next morning we are up early and leave just after 7am; we aren’t sure exactly how long it will take to go up and over Buckskin pass, so we want plenty of time. I joke about whether I could have stuck to my original itinerary I had created that would have had… Read more: Buckskin Pass Trip Report

July 26, 2018: It is a short night in the peaceful arms of Snowmass Lake. I spend most of it awake looking at the ceiling of our cozy tent that has become our traveling home for the last three days. Unable to sleep anymore, I ease out of my sleeping bag while the night is… Read more: Snowmass Mountain Climb Trip Report

July 25th, 2018: It is morning now, and the plan for today is to climb up and over Trailrider Pass and down to Snowmass Lake. This seems easy compared to the two passes we climbed yesterday. We are still sore from our climb Monday on Maroon Peak, but a great breakfast snaps us alive and… Read more: Trailrider Pass Hell-o Trip Report

July 24, 2018: The next morning I expect to wake up with sore feet and hips from yesterday’s hike up/down Maroon Peak. Despite the fact that my toes are sore, I pull on my boots and pack up my gear. We eat breakfast and get on the trail before 9am. We will climb up and… Read more: West Maroon Pass & Frigid Air Pass Trip Report

July 23, 2018: Lying in bed, staring into the darkness of our room, I am having anxiety for the day ahead. In only a few hours of sleep and a 2am wakeup alarm, we will be departing for another epic backpacking/climbing trip that I have thrown together in a shorter amount of time than I… Read more: Maroon Peak Climb Trip Report

March 29, 2014 Daniel flew in at midnight on Spirit airlines (home of the cheap, made for the brave, but not a comfortable flight).  Next morning, we boarded the RV, and set off for Smithville. It was the maiden voyage in the RV and we promised to return it in the same shape as we… Read more: Austin Rattler, 100k MTB Race (Leadville 100 Qualifier)

January 13, 2003  Traveling to Bandera, a “must visit” cowboy locale for anyone searching for the stereotypical Texan riding his horse into the sunset, I envisioned the perfect Texas trail running race.  It would be a deserted state natural area, big enough to provide miles of rugged, rocky, hilly, Texas terrain with wild boar and… Read more: Rustling the Sotol of Bandera’s Periphery 

Nov 21, 2002:  This past weekend, I had the opportunity to dabble in a new skill – orienteering.  I traveled through beautiful North Texas, just northwest of Pottsboro to the Texoma Lutheran Camp. The drive was gorgeous; the Texas fall had turned the leaves to beautiful, incandescent hues of velvety red, burnt orange and amber… Read more: Kicking up Leaves

October 2, 2002: Driving to Chicago is nice.  The country is beautiful, especially the rolling hills in Missouri.  Chicago gets its name from the native Potawatomi Indians who lived near the Chicago River (Checagou in Indian) in the 1600s.  We are told that wild onions are native to this area, and that the Indian name… Read more: Wild Onion – It’ll Make You Cry