Round Lake Outlet

Jamison took some time out of being a new father to accompany me to the remote region of the park to get some Class IV-IV+ boating in. We paddled the three miles of flat water that is Round Lake to get to the outlet, where the action quickly picked up. The first mile drops over 150' and is ended with a sweet quarter mile long continuous rapid with some nice drops. We gauged it to be IV+, and thought with a bit more water, it could jump up to a fiver. Wouldn't want to get hurt back here, as we were miles from anything. We finished with a paddle through the bog, and finished with a sweet drop under route 30 right into Tupper Lake.

The pics are from the first rapid we had to scout, and the rest we took video with Jamison's camera. Hopefully I will get my hands on the film and post that.

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Doin her thing

Heather and I went running to get some photos for her story on local waterfalls. Who gets paid to run and take fun pictures? Must be nice. One picture is her on the Ausable Club property with Giant Mtn. in the background, and the other is her getting a photo of Roaring Brook Falls.

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Jenkins 5/18

On Monday I ran up Jenkins Mtn. in Paul Smith's, NY. Training for the Great Adirondack Trail run which is one of the last weekends in June, I felt I needed to start running some climbs. This race will have over 3000' of vertical gain and almost the same in descent. It was a cold, gloomy morning, which isn't the most condusive for photos, but I did what I could.

The trilliums were out in full bloom on this run, which made for some great sights. I also ran past an impressive beaver swap, where the beavers are still hard at work.

It ended up being 8.4 miles round trip, and I finished at about 1 hr 15 min, hopefully next time I will have some sun for a better view from the top.

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ADK Trail Running Club

Just joined the ADK Trail Running Club and trying to find some others to trail run. Go to the website http://www.adktrailrun.com/ and sign up. It's $40 bucks for the year, which also gets you a fancy new patagonia capaline shirt with the logo, and 10% off all trail running gear at the Mountaineer in Keene Valley.

So come and join!

CO Part V: leaving winter park

Leaving Winter Park and headed to Frisco. Great drive and more scenic vistas the the last drive. Just a few shots from the road.

Colorado Part IV: Grand Lake

After the Hot springs we headed to Grand Lake, CO. It is a lake based recreation tourist town with a small main street lasting about a half a mile, which is also part of the continential divide trail. The picture of the map shows you where you are at on your trek through the Colorado Section. We ate some lunch at the brewery in town. Great beers, a fun atmosphere, and the best chicken sandwich of my life made a perfect cap to our relaxing day.

Enjoy the pics of main street, and parts of the brewery. Take notice the true Colorado Mountain Man putting a few back.

Colorado part III a day at the Hot Springs

After riding at Winter Park for two days we decided to take a break and head to some hot springs. This is a natural hot spring where they pump the water to different pools at the resort and they can range from 100-120 degrees. The day was relaxing, and I even got a sun burn. I never thought I would get burnt in the middle of winter.

The photo of the feet is taken underwater with my Olympus Stylus 1050SW on underwater mode. Pretty neat.

If you ever are near Frasier, CO check out the hot sulphur springs! Its worth the trip.

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