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From:
"Brian Schmitz DA" <brian@dirtyavocados.com>
Subject:
Re: Tales from the Darkside
Date:
2008-07-31 12:58
By: *bschmitz*
IP: 198.241.217.15
Postings: 59
From: USA
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 - 01:27 PM
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There's little that's scarier than having to literally step blindly into
something, while what you clearly hear tells you to turn back.
This is the dilemma my Dirty Avocados' teammates and I faced while racing in
the rugged BC mountains during the 2007 Raid the North Extreme. Below is an
excerpt from my race report. Following that, is a link to the full report.
Enjoy!
*We continued through the snow and fog and found what we thought was the
gulley. One problem, though. We couldn't see past the opening (because of
the fog) and we could hear what sounded like a serious waterfall. Do we step
through the fog and hope there is something on the other side besides a drop
or waterfall? We had no choice but to move forward.
We stepped through and saw a very steep and narrow snow and ice filled
gulley with very little relief. A controlled glissade was our only option.
As we each carefully moved downward, Melissa slipped and started soaring
down toward Mike. She hit Mike and the two of them spun downward until they
could arrest and stop. Whew!! Though, before we knew it, I was now off my
feet and skidding downward. I couldn't arrest before I flew into the wall
and dropped down into a crevasse. Lucky it was a soft landing and not very
deep. I climbed out and we all proceed down to the 2,000-foot mark. We
thought this was end of the menace. Little did we know.*
http://dirtyavocados.com/blog/archives/62
Brian Schmitz
Dirty Avocados Adventure Racinghttp://www.dirtyavocados.com
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By: *babe1*
IP: 69.17.49.94
Postings: 169
From: n/a
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 - 08:41 PM
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Yes, we mean YOU! Tell us your stories... tremendous and gloomy. AR is life
in a nutshell and we want to hear it all. Yin-Yang, Sunshine-Darkness,
Up-Down, Trails-Bushwack... you get the picture. Entries posted until the
end of August receive free swag! One stellar entry will receive a grand
prize TBA.
All you need to do is post an entry in this forum, pictures encouraged, and
you're in! (Minimum of 200 words, links to other sites are cool, but do not
count towards the submission.)
Race on,
Jen & Galen
www.baarbd.org
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