Snowboarding
Selfie on the Kensho Superchair on
a beautiful day in Breckenridge.
The most amazing thing about snowboarding or skiing is that you are able to
push your limits and get an adrenaline rush, all while being in serene,
relatively safe paradise. I've been snowboarding for roughly 20 years, with
the bulk of my riding occuring in the past ten years in Montana.
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Twenty years of snowboarding.
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Mountain
Biking
Taking in the view at the top of the
Glory Hole, a famous mining trail.
Another mountain passion of mine is downhill and cross country mountain
biking. I have a ridden bikes since childhood
and have played in the mountains just as long. It was only natural for me to
find the quickest way to cover the most
ground during my potentially-brief stay in Alaska.
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Me stopping for some air while riding our favorite trail in Winter Park,
Colorado. Photo: Josh Hofmann
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Climbing
Climbing at Movement, in Denver, Colorado's newest and largest indoor
climbing gym. Photo: Caleb Roubichad
Climbing is one of the biggest lifestyle-sports that I know of. If you want
to be a good climber, you don't leave the "climber mentality" on the rocks
or at the gym.
I have recently got back into sport and lead climbing with the
intention of putting more time in outdoor rock climbing, although with the
wet weather of Juneau Alaska, that may have to
wait for different circumstances.
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Climbing with friends out at the Sea
Cliffs in Juneau Alaska. Photo: Britta Tonnenson
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Hiking
& Trail Running
Running the first annual Run to the Zip in Hoonah, AK. We raced from the
boat docks to the 5th longest zip line in the world. Darn right we zipped
down afterwards! I placed sixth out of 84 racers in this.
I absolutely love running, as it requires so little input in terms of what I
need to prepare with, yet the way it changes your body and mindset is
amazing! There are few other
exercises I know of where I can keep my heart rate at 90% of it's maximum
for an hour or two straight. The running community in every town I've ever
lived is a fantastic group of people
that not only encourage each other, but support each other on and off the
trail.
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Me celebrating being halfway finished with Juneau's annual trail 50k dubbed
the Nifty Fifty. I placed 4th out of 16 in this race with a time of roughly
5 hours and 20 minutes, my longest race to date.
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