Category: Outdoors
Indoor Ascent
Written and Photographed by Paul Raymore Attached by harness and 11-millimeter climbing rope to her belay partner, 14-year-old Kristina Goetz of Incline Village steps onto a tiny foothold on the vertical wall and climbs. Over the course of the next five minutes—combining the flexibility of a ballerina with a tightrope walker’s balance—Goetz executes a series […]
Tahoe Running: Best RTO team names, ranked
Written By Kyle Magin The Reno-Tahoe Odyssey–a 178-mile trail/road running relay race coursing from Reno, through Truckee, down Tahoe’s West Shore into South Lake, out into Minden and back to Reno via Virginia City–begins this Friday. 250 teams are expected to compete in the event’s 10th year. The race annually draws an eclectic mix of […]
New Film Follows Western States Runners
An attempt to complete the Western States 100 ultramarathon By Kristin Close The Western States 100 Mile Endurance run started with one runner in 1974. It was then a horse race, called the Tevis Cup. Gordy Ainsleigh attempted to run it on foot. After finishing in 23 hours and 42 minutes, he became the first […]
Fire in Mt. Rose Wilderness burns 728 acres, 5 percent contained
Written by Kristin Close The Hunter Falls fire in the Mt. Rose Wilderness near southwest Reno, which started late Saturday, has burnt 728 acres and remains at 5 percent containment, says Christie Kalkowski, a spokeswoman for the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. It is burning toward the northeast in the area of Hunter Creek, in an area inaccessible […]
North-South Water Transit Proposed for Lake Tahoe
Written by Dylan Silver In the early twentieth century, getting to, from and around The Lake may have been easier and more environmentally friendly. With trains, ferries, foot and car access to the area, it was certainly more multimodal, says Alfred Knotts, a transportation project manager with the Tahoe Transportation District (TTD). “We kind of […]
Tahoe’s Nearshore: The Water’s Edge
Written by Greyson Howard Ask an average Tahoe local or well-versed visitor how scientists track Lake Tahoe’s legendary water clarity and they might know about a white disk lowered into The Lake to the point where it can no longer be seen. Called a Secchi disk, the exercise has been invaluable in tracking Tahoe’s progress […]
Olympics 2014: Is Julia Mancuso the Greatest U.S. Women’s Skier Ever?
Written By Kyle Magin Julia Mancuso is crafting a befuddling legacy. No female U.S. Olympic downhill skier has done what she’s done after winning bronze earlier this week at Sochi in the downhill combined race: Namely, win as many medals as she has (4—a gold, two silvers and the bronze) or win as consistently at […]
Olympics 2014: White Pulls out of Slopestyle, Guldemond, Fellow Snowboarders Take Shots
Written by Kyle Magin Two-time Olympic gold medalist and Northstar California Team Rider Shaun White announced today he withdrewfrom the Sochi Olympics snowboarding slopestyle competition. The move drew criticism from some teammates. White cited a practice-run injury for his decision to pull out, and later questioned the safety of Sochi’s slopestyle course, joining a few teammates […]
Olympics 2014: Moseley’s Golden Moment
Sixteen years after taking the Olympics by storm and winning gold in Nagano, a look back on Jonny Moseley’s iconic run Written by Sylas Wright Jonny Moseley remembers it like it was yesterday—standing atop the sun-drenched Nagano Olympic moguls course, running through his mental checklist, confident, anxious, the pressure of a nation on his shoulders. […]
Olympics 2014: Squaw Valley’s Forgotten Miracle
More than five decades later, the players and head coach from the 1960 U.S. hockey team remember American hockey’s first gold medal Written by Matthew Renda It was Saturday, February 27, 1960—the second to last day of the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics—and the recently built Blyth Arena was packed to the rafters. The seething throng […]
