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12/25/05
Merry Christmas From Nate Emerson in Wisconsin
I just had my second bottle of Malbec and took down my
third pound of meat for the day, I haven't slept in
about two and a half days, and there's some obnoxious
trance playing in the internet cafe. I just finished
eating asado in mendoza with Ian Lewis. Did guys
know about his challenge last year? He paddled solo
across Lake Mendota and then ran from the shore to
Devils Lake, and did 27 laps on routes. I'm really
being a pussy these days.
Anyways Merry Christmas from the miniskirt capital of
the world.
And Todd, it does seem like you should incorporate an
alcohol element into the challenge. myself, I'm going
to see how out of shape I can get. I'm probably down
to 7 pull-ups in one shot.
Wish you guys a happy holiday.
ciao (did i spell that right Lindl?)
Nate
12/12/05
Ben Woods From Utah
steve,
here's the final lineup:
-drop
29 pounds in the 2.9 months before the actual BC
-climb 29 pitches of ice up
little cottonwood canyon
-ski 29,000 vertical feet at Alta
-29 almost-naked
push-ups at the top of Alta
-run 29 miles of the great basin trail
-eat 2.9
pounds of Famous Dave's ribs
-swear less than 29 times
-encourage 29 people to
become aware of the homeless situation in salt lake city and to become involved
-do 29 things to make up for the fact that my wife will have to deal with a
dozen dirty hippies crashing at our place the weekend of the BC
-all but the
first item to be completed in less than 24 hours between 12:00 am Dec 17th and
12:00am Dec 18
anyone wishing to take part of the festivities is welcome email: peladoboton@yahoo.com
cheers, ben
12/11/05
Chris LaBounty
3000 Meters Elevation Gain
300 Push, Pull, & Sit Ups
30 Hours Straight, Pitches, Km Distance
3 Big beers, big scotch, big cigars
Destination is Yosemite, and my long time friend & climbing buddy, Brandon
Thau will join.
Just a walk in the park,
-Chris LaBounty
12/1/05
Litler Matson's 55th Birthday Challenge
To
understand my list of challenges, here’s my history . . . I was born February
3, 1951 in Gary, Indiana. Nearing my 6th decade of living, I’ve
decided to challenge myself by participating in the Birthday Challenge.
Due to my health, I have some limitations – to name a few, I have
diabetes and Sarcoidosis, not to mention the sickle-cell trait.
Although my health has been in a shambles for the last decade, I’ve
always been determined to live my life. I’m
a teacher at Sherman Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin and my students are all
privy to my birthday challenge. Here
goes . . .
1)
Play 55
games of BINGO
2)
Drink 55
Vodka lemonades in 55 days
3)
Exercise
for 5.5 minutes a day
4)
Teach
students 55 new words
5)
Give 55
positive comments to 55 students
6)
Learn 55
new facts about students and people at school
7)
Keep my
hair groomed (combed neatly) for 55 days
8)
Do 5
crunches for 55 days
9)
I will
not push, poke, pinch or pull hair of my students for 55 days
10)
Walk
around the school 5 days of the 55 days
11)
Reduce m
y blood-glucose levels by 55 points
12)
Do 55 leg
lifts (not during sex), for 55 days
13)
Eat 5
midget pickles for 55 days
14)
Eat an
apple a day for 55 days
15)
No soda
or any kind of soft drink for 55 days
11/29/05
Bill Allen's Challenge Report
11/24/05
Sarah Freehill's Challenge
I
guess if I send this to you, it makes it real….
Well,
here goes then:
Sarah’s
40/40 Birthday Challenge!!
In
the 40 weeks preceding: (Starts November 21st, 2005)
Lose
at least 40 pounds
Volunteer
40 hours
See
40 Live Bands
Kayak/Bike
40 miles with the boys
Raise
$4000 for a charity
Commit
40 acts of random kindness (senseless beauty counts too)
Write
40 letters to make the world a better place
Try
40 new things
Make
4 pieces of Art
In
the last 40 hours: (Weekend of August 25th?)
Find
40 Orienteering points at
Break
randomly into song
40 times
40
birthday spankings/love pats from the kids
Lift
4000 pounds of weights
400
crunches or pushups (or any combination thereof)
40
laps in a pool
Drink
4 Shiner Bocks
Drink
4 Frozen Margaritas
Give/Receive
40 hugs
Have
a 40th Birthday Bash with 40 friends and Family! (and stay awake
for at least 40 minutes of the fun)…
Ben Woods
howdy folks,
below is my personal birthday challenge. I am still working on getting sponsors to pledge cash for the 4th Street Clinic, a clinic here in Salt Lake City for the homeless. here it is:
-climb 29 pitches of ice up little cottonwood canyon
-ski 29,000 vertical
feet at alta
-29 almost-naked push-ups at the top of alta (in utah you can get
25 years to life for stuff like this--hence the almost-naked)
-bike 29 miles of
the great basin trail
-eat 2.9 pounds of famous dave's ribs
-encourage 29 people
to become aware of the homeless situation in salt lake city and to become
involved please pass me any advice on organization or anything. i need to do to
make this official. many thanks to those who have put together the website and
have continued this gnarly tradition. it really has given me something dream and
work for and hopefully finally achieve this month.
cheers,
ben woods
Forgot to mention, any and all support and help will be accepted with open arms, though the ski passes are beyond my ability to front. i can provide plenty of hot grub and christmas goodies, and a place to crash that weekend.
11/7/05
Bill Alden
I'm turning 45 on Nov. 9th (2 days away) and so I'm going to run 45 miles. This would normally be a challenge (although I have run 3 ultras including a 50 miler) but at this time in my life it's a much bigger and crazier challenge. I've been injured with little running for over a year. I finally underwent knee surgery in August. Turns out it was Arthritis. They clean it up a bit and I've been slowly trying to come back since. But I've only had a couple of weeks with my mileage in the low 20's and my monthly mileage hasn't been much more than that 45 miles that I'm going to TRY to do in a day.
I coach a high school XC team and was thinking about doing our 3 mile course 15 times but then thought that since it's very hilly both my knees and my Achilles that have been acting up from running with my runners on that course would probably leave me injured if I tried to run 45 miles on it. So I'd need something flatter. What's flatter than a track so I'm doing 181 laps on the track.
I've told my runners so that now I can't back out. They are going to be looking at me out the school windows all day seeing if I'm still going. I don't know if they are more shocked by the 181 laps or the fact that I won't be using any music during it. Told them that would defeat my purpose of making it more of a mental challenge as well as physical.
10/22/05
Josh Fairchild up this weekend
Oseary,
Mostly final plan, to be amended as the gods dictate.
96
kilometers on civilized bike, 6400 feet of climbing.
64 kilometers on hippy bike, 3200 feet of climbing.
9.6 kilometers of running (jogging, really)
32 grilled cheese sandwiches and Camparis
32 sardines
The plan is pretty simple. Ride a couple of laps on Oak Glen - front side approach and middle approach - on road bike, round trip from my house. Ride mountain rigs from South Fork of the Santa Ana River to my house in Redlands. Run a little here and there. Eat some sandwiches and sardines - maybe even some grilled cheese & sardine sandwiches. (Is that cheating?) And drink Campari.
Everyone/anyone is invited, bring your BC kit and red beanies.
~Bill Ubell
10/7/05
Steve Schulz Report
Well, the challenge kind of went off. it kept on getting postponed due to snowstorms. Then when we finally tried it the gondola to the top of the mountain closed multiple times throwing off the main part of the challenge. the deck drops went off without a hitch and that was by far the best part of the day. since this past challenge didn't go so well, we are coming up with something good for march of next year.
I've since moved back to the ice fields of Wisconsin so the challenge will be taking place at devils lake primarily. I'll also be raising funds for the access fund, the Minnesota climbers association, and we'll also be taking donations for replacing lower off anchors at red wing in Minnesota. should be good and I'll have to make up for last years challenge!!
Steve
9/29/05
Rebecca Burnett
I came across your website a few weeks ago and have been contemplating a birthday challenge ever since. My fiancé thought I was nuts until I sent him the link. So, in an attempt to be a part of all of this craziness I put together what I think is a good challenge:
Birthday: Oct 6 Age: 32 (YIKES!!)
Challenge
(in 32 hours):
* 32 km run/mtn bike (6.4 mile run/6.4 mile bike/3.2 mile run/4 mile bike): 32
push-ups/sit-ups every 3.2 miles * 32 'continuous' laps in pool (~1600 yards) *
32 ball tosses to Rio (got to get the dog involved) * 3200' elevation gain
(hiking) * 32 miles on my road bike * 32 acts of kindness * 3.2 shots of sake
and 16 pieces of sushi * Raise $320 for charity (minimum)
I guess I am committed to this now that it is in writing! Maybe I'll find a few more things to throw into the mix. Do let me know what you all think and if this is to be considered a true 'birthday challenge'.
9/22/05
Jim Cope's Formal Announcement
I am
really psyched to do this. Here is my plan:
50th birthday Challenge. 5 consecutive days.
9/25 Hike 50 km
9/26 500 exercises: 100 pull ups, 100 sit ups, 100 ab rollers, 100
pushups, 100 lunges
9/27 Climb 50 gym routes
9/28 Lift 50 tons in the weight room
9/29 Climb Amazing Face for 50 minutes nonstop, swim 50 laps in the pool.
And the bonus: On one of those days I will give my wife a 50 min massage.
I appreciate you posting my challenge on your very cool website.
Jim
9/20/05
Josh Fairchild Commits To Some Madness
Alright-y, Here's the deal.
Saturday, October 29, 32 years to the day after I got myself born.
96 miles
on the civilized bike, with 3200 meters of elevation gain.
64 kilometers on the hippie bike
32 kilometer trail run/crawl
32 boulder problems
32 combination of grilled cheese sandwiches and Camparis (on the rocks!)
~Frogman
9/8/05
Hans' Announces New Challenger, Jim Cope
Steve,
I'd like you to email my friend Jim Cope. He is turning 50 on September 22nd. I've started him being committed to ten days of challenges for his birthday. We have: a 50 pitch day, ( in the gym), a 50 km hiking/running day, a 50 of each 10,000 challenge exercise day, a 50,000 kg weight lifting day, and an all american day that will be 5 hot dogs, 5 beers, 50 base ball throws, 50 football throws, and last 50 or five to be determined.
I want you to give him some: encouragement, ideas for the other five days, and accountability by listing him on the site.
I took him up the nose in May as an early gift for his birthday. His daughters babysit for me and he's only a mile from my house. He lost 45 lbs since he was 40 years old. He's been helping me get to two plates on the bench press.
-Hans
9/8/05
From Mammoth...
See what you started. Did you hear about the bat boy who got suspended because a Dodger pitcher challenged him with your milk challenge (for the record, Todd Mei started the Milk Challenge, but same thing...)?
9/8/05
What Was That Again?
More madness from our girl Catra!
This is me tapering for my upcoming hundreds. Yep upcoming hundreds. I'm running 5 100 mile race's in the next 7 weeks.
9/7/05
Russ' Night Ride
Fright Night Report
by Russ McBride
I decided to get some night riding and sleep deprivation practice in on my favorite ride, King Ridge, up near Santa Rosa. So, Friday night I left Duncan Mills on my bike at midnight with a lot of layers on and headed out past Cazadero. King Ridge has a a wilderness feeling to it, with twisty hilly roads that head up through the redwoods. I've ridden it during the day once and only seen two cars, so in the middle of the night it felt pretty remote--hmm, maybe spooky even. In fact I started imagining what it would take to really spook me and in my groggy world bounded by the small cone of my bike light I began playing this game against myself where I'd simultaneously try to scare myself and not let myself scare me. I started imagining Blair witch incidents and people with pitchforks jumping out into the road at me from the darkness. Little did I know that this wouldn't be necessary as nature had her own frights in store.
I started hearing in the otherwise dead silence rustling from both sides of the road, at first just a little and then rising to a full crescendo of breaking branches and crunching leaves, like a stampede in the darkness. Hearing so much noise but not being able to see anything in the darkness officially spooked me. I told myself it was just deer even though it sounded like pack of water buffalo.
Sure enough, as I'm coming down a roller a pair of deer popped into the 30ft beam of my headlight and froze ... like, uh ... deer in a headlight. With only a few feet of reaction space available I slalomed between them utilizing a few terror-induced expletives, their hooves clanking loudly on the pavement. Going down in the middle of nowhere at 2am with no cell reception in the 40 degree temps wouldn't be good. From here out I was paranoid about the edge of my light beam, reading into the shadows anything that looked like it might be a deer. Oh crap! Oh no, just a tree. Oh crap! No, a shadow.
So, I wasn't too worried when at the top edge of my light field I noticed a bat or owl or something flapping around. My lack of interest lasted about 1 second as it flew down toward my light, because right then it calamitously smacked into my left arm, across my chest, and against my lap. I screamed bloody murder. What the f**ck!? What kind of bat would fly right into you? I checked to see if I'd gotten bit but I looked o.k. Jesus! I still had 85 miles left in my ride and this was scaring the crap out of me.
I passed a skunk road pancake and then a live version in the middle of the road that was too slow to hit me, a moving target. More deer, but off to the side thankfully, and some fury creatures (foxes?) running into the bushes. Why the hell was the entire wildlife population of northern California coming onto my road? The only guess I could make was that a bike makes for a really good sneak attack vehicle. It's quiet and on the windy roads you can't see its light until the last second. And on rarely traveled roads the critters are used to moseying around on the pavement at night.
O.k., I hit the Tin Barn road intersection and figured that it would be prudent to take the short cut back thereby cutting my ride in half. The odds didn't look good, even with the short-cut, for making it back to the car without having a wildlife-induced accident. So, on the steep downhill on Tin Barn road I cranked up my light and scanned the road super carefully. I'm going about 30mph and weirdly, I see small boulders sprinkled up ahead on the road. What the hell? Road work? A prank? As I jam the brakes and as the boulders come into the strong part of my light beam I hear this terrifying snorting/squealing and the "boulders" jolt in random directions which makes my simple slalom maneuver more like a quarterback blitz evasion. Boars! Freaking boars! Jesus Christ! What the freaking hell?! I curved around the last of the portly beasts and tried to regain a normal breathing pattern as I worried about boar fangs.
At this point I pretty much assumed a bear was going to jump out and take a bite out of my tire, or that a herd of rabid squirrels would launch themselves, kamikaze-style into my spokes, but except for another close call with some deer the last of the 50 miles was terror-free (though the coastal fog dropped the temperature 15 degrees). I think the more-trafficked roads on the west side kept the critters off the roads over there. I dropped onto route 1 and made it back to the Scooby-van after 4am, surprised that I didn't wreck.
So, aspiring zoologists, go get on a bike and head out to King Ridge at 3am, otherwise, stick to doing battle with cars. They're a lot more predictable. --Russ
9/7/05
Reed To Try Again
9/6/05
Josh Fairchild Alters His Challenge
So, I've been thinking about my BC. I actually feel fine from yesterday, however - I calculated that to get 32000 ft of vertical gain on the bike, I'd need to get 45ft per minute for 12 hours straight. That doesn't seem like a challenge. That sounds downright impossible. So, I'm reworking it a bit. 100 miles, with 3200m of gain on the bike (shouldn't be too tough) 32 ptiches of climbing above 3200m. (where to find this might be a problem in late October)
9/1/05
Steve's Journal on Reed's Challenge
8/29/05
Fritter Queen Jacqui Florine Blitzes John Muir Trail!
Hey Y'all, Jacqueline just called from the top of Whitney. - The official south end of the John Muir Trail. It was 1:07 PM, She started on Saturday August 27th at the Happy Isle trail head in Yosemite valley at 6:14 am. So that's her fastest time yet,- 6 days, 6 hours and 53 minutes, and might well be the fastest time for an "un-supported woman's record" of the JMT! ( J did the JMT in 8 days last year.) She was only on the phone for a short bit, and said she'd be heading down the mountaineers route to get a good time on the trailhead to trailhead time. She said she couldn't bear the switchbacks on the regular trail down to Whitney Portal. You can email Jacqueline at: jf@jacquelineflorine.com Happy Hubby Hans.
08/26/05
Reed On Deck
It all starts with an ascent of Mt. San Gorgonio. After this 20-ish mile jaunt to the highest point in Southern California, he'll head down, jump on his mtn bike, and ride the Santa Ana River Trail towards Redlands--40-some miles of mainly single track (that's not all downhill and he'll be on a single speed, but he can take solace in that it's been called "the best single track in California"). He'll next switch to the road machine and attempt to quickly ride to the ocean, "the way is only 70 miles. What was it you said, oh, yeah, 'If you save your breath. I feel a man like you can manage it.'"
To top it all off, he's got to prove his form by racing in not one, but TWO crits on Sunday and finish with the main field. Stay tuned!
Oh, and this just in from Josh Fairchild (support team member):
At least we won't get cold.
Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service ...ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 545 AM PDT FRI AUG 26 2005 ...HOT WEATHER FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE WEEKEND... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING SEASONALLY HOT TEMPERATURES TO INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL EXCEED 100 IN THE INLAND VALLEYS AND UPPER DESERTS AND 110 IN THE LOWER DESERTS. A SHALLOW MARINE LAYER WILL KEEP THE BEACHES COOLER. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES A FEW MILES INLAND FROM THE COAST WILL REACH THE 90S AS WILL LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A DEVELOPING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL BRING COOLING EARLY NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THE HEAT SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY. TRY TO AVOID STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY MIDDAY DURING THIS HOT WEATHER. IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC...NON-CAFFEINATED FLUIDS. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT... LIGHT-COLORED...LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING. WEAR A HAT TO SHIELD YOURSELF FROM THE SUN...AND USE SUN SCREEN TO REDUCE POSSIBLE SUNBURN. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AIR CONDITIONING AND SHADE IF POSSIBLE. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN ENCLOSED VEHICLES...EVEN BRIEFLY.
In the words of Mr. Bartlett, "what do they mean, 'non-alcoholic'?"
08/15/05
Some Stuff To Read While Waiting For the Weekend Reports
And a cyclingnews interview with Bobby Julich. He doesn't get much press in the US, where no one but the Texan does, but he's having a great season. Ya know, rode the Tour as an off-season training race and came in 17th...
Oh, and Catra is pretty convicted about doing 41 hours on a running machine to raise some money for needy kids. We'll have a lot more on this later but talk about grim...
08/12/05
A Birthday Challenge Triumvirate On Saturday
Kristin Korevec
Yes, Birthday Challenge still on for tomorrow. I did end up changing the challenge a bit.
Here is the new list:
1. Swim
2.4 miles
2. Bike to New Glaurs, WI ( > 50 mile round trip) and tour New Glarus Brewing
Company
3. Hike 2.4 trails at Devils Lake
4. Eat 2.4 ice cream cones
5. Tour the Wisconsin state capitol building
6. Eat at 2.4 new restaurants
7. Run around Lake Monona (14 miles)
8. Watch Blair Witch Project, followed by 24 minutes of night trail
running
9. Locate unicycle and ride around block 2.4 times
10. Try 2.4 new tasty treats at the Dane County Farmer's Market
I will send you pics next week.
Thanks!! Kristin
Greg's Back
And what's in store for this month. 12 hours of volunteer work and beach volleyball. Hope it's something at a desk (well, no I don't).
360 Minutes of continuous sand volleyball (2:2 or 1:1)
360 Minutes of volunteer work
Donate $360 to three charities
Make sushi for at least 36 people
Eat 36 pieces of sushi
Drink 36 oz of three different beers
08/11/05
Ben Kingsley "Ned" Zissou Bank's Challenge Ready To Go
SteveZ --
Here's what I've come up with:
In 24 hours, I will complete:
1. 30 routes, all on sight, 5.10 and harder
2. 30 boulder problems, on sight
3. 30k of running while listening to 30 songs by the Eagles (I hate the
f---'n Eagles)
4. 300 pull-ups, push-ups, and leg lifts
5. 30 minutes of proper "warm up", Team Zissou-style
6. 30 minutes of nunchucks and/or bo-staff
7. 3 hours of yoga
8. 30 minutes of massage for Lynn
9. 30 minutes of "chase" with Bowie (his favorite game)
10. 3 pounds of ham eaten (weight before cooking, "Hey Tina, eat some
ham.")
11. 3 Campari on the rocks, poured by an intern (hey, I'm a lightweight) down
the hatch
This will be done while wearing a proper red cap. Unfortunately, I don't
own a speedo.
Should I shoot something too, maybe a Wolverine, with my 12-gauge?
Let me know what you think.
Ned
08/9/05
Hans 2005
08/8/05
Mission Accomplished!
I just
completed my little write up about yesterday, and added some more photos.
The day was a blast. Mission accomplished -- but man am I hurting today!
Thanks for the inspiration! Birthday challenges are super cool.
John and I are off to Japan on Sunday. Hopefully I'll be able to walk like
a normal person again by then...
-Jen
08/5/05
Reed Bartlett is Back!
Oh, and, btw, the crux is that he plans to enter the Ontario criterium the next day. For a successful challenge he must complete the race in the front group... yikes.
08/4/05
Ben Kingsley "Ned" Zissou Bank's Challenge coming up
Well, he's unsure but it will involve lots of climbing (rumor mill says he may try an eclipse the record for routes in a day at Mt Williamson), some proper warm-up, Campari, and a red cap and speedo.
08/3/05
Jen Fieldhouse Update
For more, check out her page
07/27/05
Catra's Adventure
For pics, check out her blog
07/22/05
Kristin Korevec of Madison
Todd has left but the Madison contingent continues for come up with challenges. This just in...
I am submitting my plan for my first annual Birthday Challenge. I only have 18 challenges right now, but soon that number will be up to 24. Let me know what you think. Thanks!!
Kristin Korevec
Birthday Challenge
07/18/05
Catra About to Attempt Triple John Muir Trail Link-up!
07/17/05
Russ McBride bails on both JMT and 14er records due to snow
He says conditions in the Sierra after the record winter are abyssmal for moving quickly. He reports 7 miles of sun cups at one point. Sounds grim. Catra leaves tomorrow. We wish her better conditions but...
07/13/05
Catra About to Attempt Triple John Muir Trail Link-up!
Check out more here.
Hi Steve-
I blast off from Mt. Whitney on July 18th...
I just hope the snow and stream crossings are nice to me!!!
Catra
07/4/05
Jen Fieldhouse announces challenge
Steve,Catra updated her Blog
This girl's got some serious energy!
05/3/05
Tim Lindl's 04 Challenge Switched To Attempt At PCT
05/13/05
Attempt to Break Fitter Record Ends in Toilet
steve,05/14/05
Just linked to us. They're a new site with a bunch of cool stuff to look at. Some vids are better than others but it's worth a stop if you're stuck at your desk and jonezin' to see someone who's not stuck at theirs.
05/3/05
Kevin Bergthold's Havin' A Party on Friday
Kevin's 37th Birthday Challenge Kick-Off Party!
We will begin Kevin's 37th Birthday challenge Friday night with the
skateboarding portion of the event held at Dave Bergthold's ramp. Over the
course of 37 hours Kevin's challenge will consist of:
37 skate tricks
37 miles biking
37 boulder problems
eat 37 Dingdongs
drink 3 x 7 beers (21)
37 pushups
37 pullups
37 leg lifts
run 3.7 miles
37 Yoga poses held for 37 seconds each.
04/25/05
Catra Chalks up Another
Check out Catra's report on the Zane Grey 50, the "world's toughest 50". This week, she off to the MiWok 100.
04/21/05
Jim Smith
This years Birthday Challenge
(BC) will take place both on my Birthday (Saturday April 23rd) as
well as the following 35 day period.
Phase I Birthday
Weekend
We (Karla and I) will drive
to
The Birthday Day Challenge
Goal:
Beginning Friday at 6:35 a.m.
ending Saturday at 5:35p.m. (35 hours)
3500ft of climbing in 35
hours; 3.5 pots of espresso; 3.5 Bottles of Old E
Rules:
1)
No Falling
2)
Climbing may be roped or unroped.
3)
A route may be downclimbed however the downclimb does not count
towards the total goal.
4)
Repeating a climb does not count towards the total
5)
All climbs must be documented by myself or by a trusty pal.
6)
Climbs may be with or without the use of headlamps
7)
The lengths of climbs will be determined by markings on a lead
and/or trail rope.
8)
All climbs must be 5th class.
9)
Following a climb counts towards the total.
Phase II The 35 day BC --
April23rd to May 28th
1)
A 35 hour fast at some point during the 35 day period
2)
3500 situps
3)
350 miles on my bike
4)
A 350 squats
5)
350 deadlifts
6)
No smoking tobacco for 35 days
7)
Every day for 35 days one of the following forms of activity will
be done: yoga, running (3.5 miles min), bouldering, swimming, climbing, chasing
dogs, cycling, hiking.
8)
No eating out at restaurants/fast food for my noontime meal for 35
days. (This period is defined as 10:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
9) Drink 3.5L of water each day for 35 days.
04/20/05
Steve Schulz Reports
I'll be writing you the story soon. I'm gonna be going home for a couple of week so I'll have some down time to do it! it turned out to be a pretty good challenge overall. I felt horrible the next day so it was a rousing success.
Steve
04/5/05
Jonah Harrison
For my 32nd birthday (April 20), I was hoping for something as badass as Todd Mei's, but I can't drink as much as he can.
So I propose:
Hike to Snow Creek Wall near Leavenworth,
WA (~3 mi. times 2 up and down).
Climb 2 grade III multipitch climbs (Outerspace, III 5.9 and
Orbit, III 5.9) leading every pitch.
Climb 3 v2s
Bike 32 miles
Finish ride at Gustav's in Leavenworth and drink 3 20 oz. pints
in 32 minutes.
I plan on doing it all in one day of course, Saturday April 23, weather permitting.
4/03/05
Congrats
to Aimee Roseborrough!
Check out her challenge.
3/16/05
Steve Schulz, One More Thing...
i also forgot one thing. the frohawk will be making another appearance.
3/15/05Steve Schulz, Round II
alright steve, winter is here and im gettin way out of climbing shape so iguess its birthday challenge time. it'll all be happening march 26th
weather permitting. so here it goes!21 runs top to bottom on cornice bowl at mammoth
mountain
21 runs top to bottom on daves run at mammoth mountain
slide 21 rails or boxes
hit 21 jumps
21 drops off of our deck
21 classic boulder problems in bishop
drink 21 juice boxes
eat 3 greenbush apple fritters
give 21 lifties a hug
give a "high five in 2005" to 21 different people
each run from the top is about 2100 feet long in descent. all totaled it would
be just over 90,000 feet of total descent. everyone but darren thinks i've got
no chance, and darren is a moron so we'll see.
i'll try to keep you updated if anything big happens or if i forgot anything.
steve
3/8/2005
Aimee, Whatchya Gonna Do?
Hello
there-
Here’s
my proposed birthday challenge in honor of my 30th birthday:
Cheers-
Aimee
Roseborrough
2/10/05
Some Dude From Seattle
Greetings,
Found your page, on top of hearing a recent interview with
Jack L., so am getting psyched for my own paltry effort at stupendous stupidity. Final list pending, but here's the story so far. 37th birthday, Saturday, April 9, Seattle and vicinity.370m of climbing - lead (w/ some TR laps to make up the difference) every route (5.9-5.12) at Nevermind Wall, Exit 38
3,700 vert. feet of hiking (typ. 8-9 mile r/t) - numerous
options in the vicinity - Mt. Si, Bandera, etc.37 holes of frisbee golf - just because I really, really
suck at frisbee golf.370 ml single-malt scotch (Laphroig or equivalent)
3.7 or 37 oz. beers - I dunno.
Since I don't have fritters - the local equivalent will be to eat an entire Gordito's Grande Burrito (fajita-style) in one sitting - the thing is wrapped in two tortillas, and looks like a football.
I've done it once, but it required starvation and working all day in February rain.What the hell, some situps and pullups.
Now to round up my support crew...
Thanks for the inspiration of fellow silly people everywhere.
Vance
'Too weird to live, too rare to die' - Hunter S. Thompson
2/5/0
Dan Davis
Hey
guys, I’m writing on my personal
website about an upcoming birthday challenge I’m planning to do and I want
to include a link to your website in my blog.
I
know this probably sounds odd, but some people are really touchy about having
links to their pages so I always like to ask permission first. Any objections?
(Dan obviously doesn't know us too well. All weirdness accepted, especially if
it involves suffereing)
(The challenge looks good. Check it out.)
1/25/05
How About an easy 100?
Catra ran her second 100-mile race in a month, finishing the HURT 100 for a record 5th time. You've got to check out this race report, because this is just a warm-up for what she has planned next!
1/25/05
Derek's Diary
Happy New Year!
1/19/05
Tony Schollmeier From Wisconsin
I updated the challenge due to the fact that need to run and swim more and the hall director isn't too keen on buildering. so anyway here are some pictures from the fitter eatin' last year, the url for my webpage, and the updated challenge.
Thanks. Tony
The Challenge:
MY GOAL FOR THIS CHALLENGE IS TO RAISE $2,100 FOR THE GLAUCOMA FOUNDATION
1. 21 LAPS OF THE STOUT TRACK IN THE MPR
2. 210 SIT-UPS
3. 210 PULL-UPS
4. 210 PUSH-UPS
5. 21 LAPS OF THE SWIMMING POOL
6. 21 RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS
7. I MUST WEAR 21 DIFFERENT SHIRTS DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY (AT LEAST .5 HOURS PER SHIRT)
8. 3 APPLE FRITTERS FROM THE GREENBUSH BAKERY (TRUST ME THIS IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT SOUNDS)
