by Ralph Teller, Ironman Triathlete | Dec 18, 2024 | Adventure, article
“Dude, you’re at the Olympics, what do you have to lose?” February 8, 2014 Sage Kotsenburg wins the Sochi Olympic Gold medal in Slopestyle Snowboarding with his sense of adventure born of the frontier American West (Sage was born in Idaho, raised in Utah). The triple...
by Ralph Teller, Ironman Triathlete | Dec 18, 2024 | Adventure, article
“ . . . venture into the deep unknown where only the significant risks are a certainty . . .” Ryan Stramrood Tribute to Shackleton’s 1914 Trans-Artic Expedition The first Antartic Circle Ice Challenge one mile swim is the 100 year anniversary tribute to Sir...
by Ralph Teller, Ironman Triathlete | Dec 13, 2024 | Adventure, article, Swimming
September 8, 2012 Young, gutsy Trent Grimsey of Brisbane, Australia set a new world record time of 6:55 hours for a solo English Channel swim. Trent broke the record previously set by Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria who crossed the channel in 2007 in 6:57 hours. The first...
by Ralph Teller, Ironman Triathlete | Dec 11, 2024 | Adventure, article
The hardest climb in the world Tommy Caldwall, 36 from Estes Park, Colorado and Kevin Jorgeson, 30 from Santa Rosa, California, are the first to free climb the mammoth 3000′ vertical granite face called the Dawn Wall of El Capitan (7,573ft 2,308m) in Yosemite...
