Aa (BIG A, LITTLE A) gAme (Gigantic) I’m grinning with excitement about the slew of amazing discs that are awaiting your reading eyes below. By far, the best lineup we’ve had in one issue… ever. This is a great lead off to this collection (not only because it’s alphabetically unavoidable!). Aa have been getting so […]
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Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life Arlene Blum Harvest Books, 2007, 400 pages. I’m one of those readers who has three books going at one time, often losing interest before completing them all. However, Arlene Blum’s book, Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life captured and maintained my interest from beginning to end. There are few books written
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According to the National Bike Dealers Association, in 2005, 19.8 million bikes were sold in the U.S. Only about 12% of those bikes were sold from independent locally owned bike shops. The vast majority (over 75%) came from “big box” stores, the same places you buy a waffle iron, hair dye and, in some cases,
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Parents, are you tired of letting your kids run/ride/paddle circles around you? Then take a hint from Doug Minor, two-time State Masters Champion in downhill mountain biking, and get back on the bike yourself. When Minor’s son got into mountain biking a few years ago, the former motorcycle racer decided to try to keep up.
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It is perhaps appropriate that the geographical center of the State of Washington sits just a few miles from Wenatchee. Because when you talk rafting for the masses, many will consider the Wenatchee as “the river” for Washington whitewater. Sure there’s many other great rivers from which to choose in the state-the Skykomish, White Salmon
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An average of 5.5 million drivers speed past the intersection of I-90 and Hwy 395 each year, oblivious to the charms of Ritzville, the quiet German farming community anchored in a cluster of trees just beyond the crossroads. We zoom by the century-old brick buildings punctuated with metal sculptures tastefully placed for our enjoyment and
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Spokane Home Builders Association (SHBA) is going green-quickly. The group, that represents eight counties in Eastern Washington, plans to launch BuiltGreenWA this year, a green building rating program developed by Puget Sound area builders and consultants. “The buyers are asking for it. Fifty percent of Spokane’s expected growth in the next ten years is expected
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News reports often leave me with more questions than answers. A perfect example: When Peter J. DuPerron was killed in a head-on collision with a truck on a road near the Liberty Lake ORV park on April 5. Speaking to the Bicycle Alliance of Washington I learned that sometimes a cyclist is just assumed to
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