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February 28, 2007

No waiver required: outdoor activities on the not-so-wild side

Posted by Lindsay Nash After all this talk about running 26.2 or 40 miles up and down the highest peak east of the Mississippi River and paddling the coldest, fastest-moving mountain waters in the region, I figured I'd give you some options to enjoy the less extreme side of the

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Posted by Tom at 12:36 PM

Homewood project to be voted on Wednesday

Besides the fate of a master plan for Heavenly Mountain Resort, a controversial Homewood time-share project's fate may also be decided by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency at their Wednesday board meeting in Stateline.

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Posted by Perry at 10:39 AM

ABT Mountain Bikes: All-Terrain Fun From German Car Tuner

ABT PRESS RELEASE: When successful motor sports ace Christian Abt is not racing a DTM car or is not test riding one of the modified Abt cars for everyday suitability, he loves going mountain biking. So what could be more natural than to develop his own

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Posted by John at 08:41 AM

February 27, 2007

Paul Argo's memory honored

Los Alamos National Laboratory is naming a conference room in honor of physicist Paul Argo. Argo, 58, died of a heart attack on Dec. 20, 2006, while on assignment as a technical advisor to the National Nuclear Security Administration in Washington,

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Posted by Jim at 05:43 PM

Mountain Bike Team for Continental Championships announced

USA Cycling has named 15 riders to the U.S. National Team that will compete in the 2007 Continental Mountain Bike Championships next month in Argentina. The Continental Championships will play a key role in determining how many start positions the United States will receive at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing since it offers significant international ranking points. USA Cycling will be sending

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Posted by Ken at 02:12 PM

Guys' week out

When Lee Glickenhaus and his four buddies attended Oberlin College in the 1970s, no day was complete without a hard-charging game of Ultimate Frisbee. But 25 years later, few Frisbees were being tossed during their annual get-togethers. In their new roles as husbands and fathers, they found their weekends together to be pleasant but . . . different. Inevitably, the

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Posted by Peter at 12:22 PM

Skyway course ready for bike race

Scouts from the Red Bull energy drink company walked the St. Paul skyways this morning, checking the path for tonight's bike race from the Lowry Building to the Union Depot. The race, which begins at about 7 p.m., will run through the skyway system. Fifty riders will negotiate 90-degree turns, duck their heads in the low Victory Ramp hallway, climb a wooden ramp in Fifth Street Center and fly

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Posted by Lorren at 11:11 AM

Current stories from the Mountain Messenger

Greenbrier County Commission is investigating the plausibility of shutting the satellite magistrate s office in Rupert and relocating it to Lewisburg. The move, which must be approved by the Supreme Court, is sparking

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Posted by Joe at 09:09 AM