May 12 2012 – Spearhead Traverse Distance: 33 km Vertical Ascent: 1755m Vertical Descent: 3267m (Including Singing Pass) Time: 4 Hrs 35 Min Calories: 3577 Over the last week a good freeze-thaw cycle has built up good conditions in the alpine with good stability. Things were looking perfect for a fast attempt on the Spearhead[…]
Nutrition strategies during a Speed Traverse or Skimo Race. I wanted to detemine the optimal fueling strategy for an upcoming attempt at a fast – in a day – speed ski traverse. This is an approximately 4-6 hour effort with significant time spent climbing. Saturday’s attempt at the Garibaldi Neve is a good example of pace for[…]
Time – 4:03Calories – 2478Ascent – 1346m HR Profile.On Saturday morning, Stano picked me up in Squamish and we headed up to the Elfin Lakes Trail for a possible attempt at crossing the Garibaldi Neve in a fast time. We made good time up the logging road with Stano in the lead. I was at a[…]
Wedge Mt. North Face – ascent line in green (notice the detour due to whiteout), descent in red. Climbing: 2500m Time: 11hrs Alexis and I took off after school on Tuesday to ski the North Face of Wedge Mt. near Whistler. We got a late start up the Wedgemount Lake Trail, leaving the car around[…]
A significant amount of foot pain has prevented me from running much lately. I am suspicious that using worn out shoes combined with running on lots of pavement is much of the problem. I picked up a pair of Terra Momentus shoes made by Newton. These are the trail running version with a bit more grip[…]