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Badwater & Death Valley

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Vol. 1, No. 4 · 1997 Into the Valley of Death In 1913, Furnace Creek was merely a godforsaken ranch where its owners, Eagle Borax Company, attempted to cultivate date palms. As one of his tedium-splintering duties,… Richard Benyo · 30 min read M&B Vol. 3, No. 6 · 1999 Editorial: The Adventure Gene THE ADVENTURE GENE The problem with editing a magazine as opposed to a more instantaneous media is the built-in lag time (known in the trade as… Richard Benyo · 4 min read Vol. 19, No. 2 · 2015 The Death Valley 300 The 1987 United States versus United Kingdom race nudged the course to a new level. Part 2. by Richard Benyo Chapter 2: The Long & Winding… Richard Benyo · 34 min read Vol. 19, No. 1 · 2015 The Death Valley 300 The hottest place on Earth and the highest peak in the Lower 48 within the same California county. What connects them? Summer running. Part 1. by… Richard Benyo · 46 min read Vol. 18, No. 6 · 2014 Running The 292-Mile Badwater Double Recap The run started at the Badwater Basin at 7:11 a.m. Pacific time on July 1, 2014. I ran the 17 miles to Furnace Creek in… Kenneth A. Posner · 24 min read M&B Vol. 18, No. 4 · 2014 Top 10 Ways Your Crew Might Sabotage Your Finish During an ultrarunning adventure, participants often joke that the one constant is weather fluctuation, a guarantee that conditions will change during the race. Your support crew… Kara Garrod · 21 min read Vol. 17, No. 6 · 2013 My Journey To Badwater My journey to the 2012 Badwater 135 ultramarathon started innocently enough. “Dad, why don’t you run Badwater, so I can be on your crew?” My daughter,… Kenneth A. Posner · 14 min read Vol. 14, No. 4 · 2010 Crewing For Pamreed Runners who want to take on the challenge of an ultradistance race have a couple of options. The obvious choice is to enter an ultra event;… Candy Patrin · 11 min read Vol. 13, No. 6 · 2009 Deserts And Some Badwater The tale of the desert is similar to that of a life well lived; it is constantly filled with struggle and periodically graced with a glimpse… J.T. Service · 19 min read Vol. 13, No. 4 · 2009 Warrior Queen In Death Valley “Seek the very best in everything. If you bow your head, let it be to a great mountain.” —New Zealand Ma–ori proverb Mount Taranaki was covered… Roger Robinson · 18 min read Vol. 13, No. 4 · 2009 Running With Demons Prerace Badwater 2008 mug shot. Don’t let the smile fool you. I was even more nervous and scared than last year! © Luis Escobar t was… Anita Fromm · 42 min read Vol. 11, No. 4 · 2007 The Badwater Team That Beat The Odds Somehow Gary Roberts failed to fully take in his roommate’s strange habits: running on a treadmill placed in full sun; blasting the car’s heat despite Oceanside’s… Anne Saita · 14 min read Vol. 10, No. 6 · 2006 Scott Jurek Scott Jurek is not all that different from you and me. Honest. Sure, his feats of endurance, which include an impressive 2004 grand slam of four… Tito Morales · 26 min read Vol. 10, No. 5 · 2006 Transformation Of An Adventure Runner It felt like 120-volt shocks probing my legs with every step. I couldn’t do it. I had to stop. I was at the top of Towne’s… Marshall Ulr · 29 min read Vol. 9, No. 4 · 2005 See You On the Mountaintop Except for the glimmer of a thousand stars and the faint glow from a few porch lights, the desert outside my room where I am pacing… Arthur Webb · 18 min read M&B Vol. 5, No. 6 · 2001 Editorial LONG LEADS There's a particular brand of frustration inherent in print publications. We call it "long lead time." That is, to get the contents of a… Long Leads · 7 min read Vol. 1, No. 4 · 1997 On the Road with Kathrine Switzer THE MIRACLE OF THE UNLIKELY WASHINGTON, D.C., April— Twenty-five years ago this spring, I came down from New York City to visit my parents in Virginia.… Kathrine Switzer · 8 min read
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