The short film Border Country is in its final form online. The story follows these two climbers through 70 bolts and 1,800 feet of climbing while putting up a new route in Yosemite. Jeremy Collins and Mikey Schaefer came and went on the route, until they found renewed sense of purpose in the memories of their friends Jonny Copp and Micah Dash’s.
via Adventure Life
A black bear climbed into a high school kid’s unlocked car trying to steal a peanut butter sandwich from the backseat. He honked the horn for a bit waking up the neighborhood before he put the car into neutral and drove it into a tree. The car door slammed shut when it stopped trapping the bear inside. The animal trashed the interior and took a dump on the driver’s seat before police were able to use a rope to open the door so it could escape. The article didn’t report on whether or not it ate the peanut butter sandwich. Hopefully the kid’s parents buy him a new car. Why? They’re the ones who packed a peanut butter sandwich for lunch. That stuff goes straight to the backseat. It’s a miracle that no bears stole his car sooner.
Backcountry.com Athlete Matt Hart just ran the 484-mile Colorado Trail in 9 days, 7 hours, 48 minutes. He covered over 75,000 feet of vert and logged the third fastest time ever. He filed a post on his blog, Tales of Endurance that included the above video of having fun with mosquitoes.
after 3 days i had run 180 miles and was 10 miles ahead of the record pace. but i paid for it the following day where i only logged 38 miles and couldn’t stay awake.
Someone loan this guy a car.
The photojournalist who shot the iconic National Geographic cover of an Afghan woman in a refugee camp says he’s down to his last roll of Kodachrome. The film made famous by Paul Simon was revered by photographers for its bright, bright colors and was known for achieving those greens of summers. You might be thinking, “I have a box of unused Kokachrome! My retirement plan is working!” Well, don’t hold onto it much longer. Dwayne’s photo shop in Kansas is the last place that will process the film, and they’ll cease to do so on December 30. Hopefully they don’t mess up developing the last roll.
That photojournalist, Steve McCurry, also has a fantastic photo blog.
Ultra marathoner Eric Strabel came in third place with a time of 2:59:41 on the mountain-pass marathon over Crow Pass Crossing. He would have done better, but a bear surprised him on-trail, causing him to scramble off the path until he became disoriented and lost. Then he ran into a moose before falling down a hill and cutting up his legs and hands. By most accounts, the pass is a two-day hike. It’s a good thing there isn’t a gentleman’s agreement about waiting out bear attacks during trail marathons. Not that Strabel was in any position to complain - the winner also had a run-in with an unfriendly moose.
