The 2008 Group Health Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic takes place this upcoming weekend, July 12 (and 13th for the slackers), marking the 29th year of what has been described to me as a "nice long ride with a big
2008 Tour de FranceStage 4 Cholet-Cholet Time Trial The race is finally starting to shape up. The course was 29.5 kilometers around Cholet. Gerolsteiner's Stefan Schumacher won the stage in a time of 35.44 minutes and also took over the
Stage 3: St Malo - Nantes The race headed slightly inland today, away from Brittany into the Vendee region. At 2k from the start a group of four riders broke away from the peloton and stayed away all day. In
2008 Tour de France Stage 2: Auray - Saint Brieuc Stage 2 was won in a sprint by Norwegian Thor Hushovd of the Credit Agricole team. Valverde is still in yellow. Soler Hernandez is suffering badly from the crash yesterday
2008 Tour de France Stage 1: Brest - Plumelec This is the first year since 1967 that the Tour de France has not started with a Prologue. New Tour organizer Christian Prudhomme is trying new things in an attempt to
What should we expect at this year's Tour? Hopefully a much different atmosphere than last year.The 2007 Tour de France was marred with too many scandals. There was Christian Moreni, an Italian at the back of the race, who got
The rocky slope is coated with light snow and freezing rain. I take one more big step-slowly and carefully--and then another. Here, on the steepest part of this storied route, the next step is the only one that matters. These
In a flash I went from being a famous Everest climber tojust another guy with a strange tan slobbering on himself in an airplaneseat on the long trans Pacific flight. I flew home to NewMexico from Kathmandu this last week
Hi everyone. Just a few final thoughts on our Baffin Island adventure after being back home. Our returnjourney home was rather uneventful once we were able to leave Pond Inlet. As weflew home John and I discussed what we had
Hey, this is Dave Hahn calling from Kathmandu,the Hotel Tibet. Nicky and Greg Messner made it out of the Khumbu today, theyflew from Lukla to Kathmand this morning, so our whole team is out. And wewrapped things up, myself and
GreatOutdoors this is Dave Hahn, this morning at 4 a.m.,myself and Mark Tucker and Ang Jangbu Sherpa got up in Phakding, little villagedown by the river, and boy, one night at that low altitude with the humidity ofthe river flowing
GreatOutdoors, this is Dave Hahn and I'm calling you fromPhakding, which is down below Namche, about halfway between Namche and Lukla,where we hope to fly out. We're spending the night here in Phakding, down bythe river, pretty comfortable way down
Hey this is Dave Hahn, and I'm calling from Pangboche, oneof the villages we came through on theway in about 2 months ago. At 13,000 feet it's roughly 16,000 feet less than wewere two days ago. We're dropping fast. We
Mark Tucker here at what should be my last night at BaseCamp. Nicky and Dave made it down for brunch today and after breakfast tomorrowthey too will start toward Kathmandu. Minutesago, our last two loads of equipment arrived off the
There has to be a bettrer way, but this is what we've got going right now. . . Dave pleaserepeat one more time. . . And what time is this Dave. . . 7:26, Dave Hahn, Nicky and the rest
Well I'm trying it again: I got a one minute out, that wasabout 47 seconds ago, there is sort of a time warp about 29,000 feet that yourun into and they are in it right now.Hopefully I can turn this
Namaste, Mark Tucker here. Dave just gave a radio transmission,they have put some fuel in the furnace, little eating and drinking, he justchanged his radio batteries, that I hope will anticipate some good comms on the summit. Lot of times
