Finished

The 2011 Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic is done. I teamed up on route with fellow rookie Paige Brady, and in spite of a storm Monday night that sent us back to wait overnight under a spruce tree for better weather, we finished in second overall at 3 days, 12 hours, and 20 minutes.

The real story is Luc Mehl, John Sykes, Tyler Johnson, and Todd Kasteler, whose glacier route will hold up well in the ranks of race legends. Perhaps more remarkably, Luc hauled a Canon 7D and created this video:

More next week, when I’m home with photos on the hard drive and more of a chance to process it all.

DaveC

July.22.2011

Racing, Videos

16 responses to “Finished”

wanderingremi

July 22, 2011 at 8:47 pm

Way to go, man! Second place is pretty darn good.

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Ed Tyanich

July 22, 2011 at 9:47 pm

Awesome job Dave!

Looking forward to hearing more.

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Bill Martin

July 22, 2011 at 10:51 pm

SWEET Dave !!!

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kerry

July 22, 2011 at 11:02 pm

Nice work, Dave. I enjoyed watching the Spot tracking page, and felt quite a relief when the track arrived at McKinley Park. Can’t wait to see pics and read tales. How do you feel about your prep, now?

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1. DaveC
  
  July 23, 2011 at 10:11 am
  
  My prep was really solid. I was as strong uphill on Wednesday afternoon as on Sunday, not bad considering we slept around 10 hours all race.
  
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hrXXLight

July 22, 2011 at 11:09 pm

Yes Dave you did it. Good job. Looking forward for a detailed report.

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Chris Wallace

July 23, 2011 at 6:13 am

Wow. Congrats!

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Philip D.

July 23, 2011 at 6:58 am

2nd place on your first go…awesome accomplishment. Looking forward to hearing how the race went.

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donmeredith74

July 23, 2011 at 7:15 am

Thumbs up!

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Ric

July 23, 2011 at 7:48 am

Incredible – Way to get it done!

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Hendrik

July 23, 2011 at 8:15 am

Incredible indeed Dave & Paige – well done! Now come home and share the story in your excellent writing =)

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Helen Fisher

July 23, 2011 at 8:34 am

Wow! Gnarly!

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Martin Rye

July 23, 2011 at 9:05 am

Well done and as Hendrik said come home and share.

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korpijaakko

July 24, 2011 at 6:34 am

Great job man! Seems that bringing some sleeping gear was a good idea after all. And that a decent amount of sleep really can get you quite far!

And thanks for linking the video.

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David Hine

July 24, 2011 at 4:01 pm

pretty impressive he managed to shoot that vid along the way. I look forward to reading about your race, too

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DJS

July 24, 2011 at 11:24 pm

Great job! :)

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