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Sprinter Tour Park #22: Lassen Volcanic National Park=Snow, Sulfur & Cinders

by admin September 25, 2010 Travel
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First impressions make for lasting impressions. Until you meet the real thing. Somewhere along the line, we got it in our minds that Lassen Volcanic National Park is a blend of the moon and Yellowstone sulfur springs. Not something that lit up our enthusiasm to visit. In this case, a serious case of wrong first [...]

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The Warrior Dash: A Stream of Consciousness

by admin September 25, 2010 Trailblazer Athletes

My alarm went off at 4:30 a.m. on a Sunday.  What the hell?? Then it hit me… Don’t wake the wife, grab my duffle, and get out of the house.  My GPS was set to get me up to the Catskills for a 10:30 a.m. to start my first Warrior Dash.  When I got to [...]

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White Mountains: Round 2

by admin September 21, 2010 Hike

It’s a week later and things between The White Mountains and I are still a little rocky (get it?). We have experienced everything from sunny and beautiful days, where you can see for miles, to weather that chased us off a mountain. After our last post, Alex and I hitched into Lincoln, NH, to Chet’s [...]

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Are We Having Fun Yet?

by admin September 15, 2010 Hike

“You love The Whites? I’m going to die up here! I’m going to die up here and it’s all your fault.”  That’s my teammate Alex’s take on The White Mountains, thus far. I really can’t blame her after the hike we had yesterday. I should start by saying that, I, Aaron Hurtubise, love New Hampshire’s [...]

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I LoVermont

by admin September 7, 2010 Hike

I don’t know what it is about Vermont…but I love it. Maybe it’s the beautiful green mountains, where you climb 4,000 feet up a wonderfully graded trail. Maybe it’s the glorious and plentiful water sources that consist of picturesque streams and pristine mountain springs. Or maybe it’s the plethora of real Vermont maple syrup, found [...]

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Little Known Facts About Devils Tower

by admin September 2, 2010 Climb
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To Native Americans it is called Mato Tipila, meaning the Bear Lodge. To modern day tourist is is called Devils Tower. To climbers is is known for its remarkable lines. Weather it is  the classic Durrance Route or the notable El Matador stem climbers flock to Wyoming every year to face the epics found on [...]

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Review: Patagonia’s Capilene 3 Hits the Appalachian Trail With Aaron

by admin September 1, 2010 Gear Reviews

In the past, Patagonia’s Capilene base layers have proven themselves worthy time and again. That being said, when I was given the opportunity to try out this year’s edition, I jumped on it. I set off on the Appalachian Trail with the Capilene 3, an updated version of the previous top I’ve used in the [...]

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Mari’s Miles of Smiles 10K and Family Fun K

by admin August 31, 2010 Camp

Come join in the support of this great cause on September 25, 2010 @ 9:00a.m. The Mari Hall Family Foundation was created to promote awareness of ASD (autism spectrum disorder) and the foundation seeks to raise money to assist in providing local early intervention services and programs. Bring the entire family out to this great [...]

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Ultimate Adventure: Rafting the Grand Canyon

by admin August 31, 2010 Travel
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Rafting the Grand Canyon:  This Ultimate Adventure has been on our list since we were kids and first saw the Grand Canyon. Seeing it from above just wasn’t for us. We needed to get down into it. Explore it by foot and by boat. The river is one of the most stunning rivers in the [...]

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Kateema Riettie: Qualified for the 2010 Commonwealth Games

by admin August 28, 2010 Random
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In addition to being a Trailblazer sponsored Adventure Racer and personal trainer, I am also a coach. I have been coaching athletes ever since I graduated SCSU in 1993. It started at Hopkins School, then Cheshire High School and finally Hillhouse in New Haven. Along that path I also became a private coach, specifically of [...]

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Climbing Victoria Canyon (Climbers’ Hidden Crags)

by admin August 25, 2010 Climb
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A few months ago we featured on the Adventure Chronicles, a story and video on Climbing Victoria Canyon, The “V.C.”  in the Black Hills of South Dakota….Finding the Steepest Crags in your Backyard. The Black Hills Travel Blog recently ran a story on Victory Canyon featuring a great video demonstrating the technical aspect of the [...]

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What Inspires Me: VERSUS 2009 Trailer – We Got Ourselves a Game

by admin August 24, 2010 Random
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I’m often asked what inspires me. I am inspired by so many people, athletes and non-athletes alike. This is an add-on to a series I’m sharing some of these with you in the hopes that you can draw some inspiration as well…rounding it all off with something fun. Today’s inspiration is a Versus 2009 Trailer [...]

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Climbing Escapes…err…Training – Now I’m Ready for Illuminescence

by admin August 18, 2010 Climb
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The town of Keene Valley, New York—self-proclaimed to be the “home of the high peaks,” of the Adirondack Mountains– is a quiet one. All the same, rolling through it in the late hours of the evening, as I did on the night of the 5th, one can feel the town vibrating with an active, ‘outdoorsy [...]

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Notes from the Appalachian Trail….Pennsylvania is all rocks!

by admin July 30, 2010 Hike
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No but really…Pennsylvania is all rocks. From boulder jumping to rock hopping, the rocky road that is the Pennsylvania section of the Appalachian Trail is challenging to say the least. I could imagine gladly traversing formations like Knife’s Edge and Bake Oven Knob…if I wasn’t wearing a 35 pound pack that seems to enjoy throwing off my [...]

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Sprinter Tour Park #11: The Grand Canyon: The 10th Factor of Immensity.

by admin July 29, 2010 Camp

Of all the descriptions written trying to capture the grandeur and immensity of the Grand Canyon, immensity is what dominates. Oh, it’s a gorgeous cleft in the earth, all right – with colors in abundance, not to mention wildlife, forests, flowers, rivers, waterfalls. The Big Ditch is simply overwhelming to the senses. It is too [...]

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What Inspires Me: The Triathlon Song (Just plain fun!)

by admin July 28, 2010 Outdoor Health
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I’m often asked what inspires me.  I am inspired by so many people, athletes and non-athletes alike.  This is the last post in a series (of Four) I’m sharing some of these with you in the hopes that you can draw some inspiration as well…rounding it all off with something fun.  Did you miss Part [...]

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What Inspires Me: Ironman Video

by admin July 21, 2010 Outdoor Health
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I’m often asked what inspires me…this week’s inspiration is the Ironman Video…There are 2 kinds of people, those that say “I can’t” and those that say, “I can.”

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