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March 2011
Was This Man Cheated Out Of An Olympic Medal? Don Kardong and the strange case of East German Athletics
As he raced down the tunnel into the bowels of Olympic Stadium, chasing the East German runner leading the race, it did not matter whether the time gap was 3.2 seconds or 3.2 minutes. On that balmy, wet evening of July 31, 1976, in Montreal, Spokane’s Don Kardong would be “stuck in 4th place” in
Punish Stuff: All-Purpose Pants Gear Review
All-purpose pants should be tough, weather resistant, versatile, and allow you to move freely. Additionally, all-purpose pants should also look normal enough to wear in casual scenarios without exposing your true gear-head nature. Both the REI Acme Pants and the Carhartt Dungarees hit all of these criteria pretty well. REI ACME PANTS – $160 PROS:
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What’s Your Gear? TeriTucker:Triathlon Mom
If you’ve ever seen a woman biking around Spokane while towing two kids in a bike trailer, then you may have seen Teri Tucker on a training ride. She completed her first triathlon on April 10, 2004—a “mini-tri” at the old downtown YMCA, organized by the co-founders of Team Blaze, Scott and Tristin Roy. “They
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Everyday Cyclist: Dos And Don’ts Of Bike Parking
If you ride your bike enough, you’re going to need to park it, lock it, and leave it unattended at some point. Here are some tips, thoughts and strategies for parking your bike. RIDE A PARKABLE BIKE. This means, when you go out on your bike and you know need to leave it locked up,
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Book Reveiws March 2011
No Way Down: Life And Death On K2 Graham Bowley Harper Books, 2010, 304 pages Some reviewers have succumbed to the temptation of comparing No Way Down to Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air. Though both books deal with Himalayan mountain disasters, the similarities end there. Into Thin Air reveals Jon Krakauer’s view as an experienced
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Crushing Rocks: A Grammy< Sasquatch! & The Hop
HAPPY MARCH! A couple of important things have happened since last we “spoke”… First off, a hearty congrats to KORY KRUCKENBERG, formerly of Spokane, currently of Seattle, who made his way down to Los Angeles this past month to pick up a GRAMMY for Best Engineered Album, Classical. Woo! Kruckenberg, whom you may remember from
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