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Issy Alps 100 mile attempt

1/3/2017: Update – I tried this again in November and I was able to finish it. 3/28/2016: Update –  After 18 hours and with cold rain coming down, I realized […]

Posted on March 25, 2016January 3, 2017 by Seth
Posted in Adventure Run, PNW AdventuresTagged Adventure Run, dumbass, Pacific NorthwestLeave a comment

Setting an Only Known Time on the Kathmandu Valley Rim Trail (KVRT)

Introduction Update: This post was originally part trip report from an OKT attempt in late November, 2015 and part guide for the Kathmandu Valley Rim Trail. In May, 2017, I […]

Posted on December 30, 2015May 14, 2017 by Seth
Posted in Adventure RunTagged Adventure Run, Circumnavigation, Fastest Known Time, fastpack, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley Rim Trail, Nepal, Trek, Ultra6 Comments

Planning the Kathmandu Valley Rim Trail (KVRT) Challenge: Attempt v1

Update: I did this! Please see this post. The mountains and ridges circling Kathmandu are amazing and too often under appreciated. I spend a lot of time looking at them while […]

Posted on November 23, 2015February 20, 2020 by Seth
Posted in FKTTagged Circumnavigation, endurance, Kathmandu, push, Team7Hills, TeamWOV7 Comments

Funnest Known Time on the Manaslu Circuit: 3 days 14 hours 40 minutes

We leave the lodge before dawn, soft snow flakes coming down, our breath making great plumes into the night. Snow covers the trail and we lose it quickly, finding ourselves in the middle of a […]

Posted on November 6, 2015November 7, 2015 by Seth
Posted in NepalTagged altitude, fkt, Manaslu, Nepal, trailrun5 Comments

Raindrops on Cascade Crest and Butterflies in Kathmandu

I have butterflies. That is a good thing. It’s been a while… Washington Where to start? How about the blackness of night? The pouring rain? The collective pull-together as people […]

Posted on October 24, 2015October 24, 2015 by Seth
Posted in Nepal, PNW AdventuresTagged Annapurna, earthquake, Kathmandu, Nepal, RunaTribe, Team7Hills, TeamWOV, Ultra4 Comments

Magic Mountain, Kool Aid Lake and Squamish 50m

My bags are mostly packed for Nepal via New York, Hong Kong and Dhaka. The Annapurna Trail Race is coming up and other adventures await. I leave on Tuesday.  I’m […]

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Seth
Posted in Uncategorized2 Comments

Alpine Lakes Wilderness Challenge Report

My feet crash through the branches that I am standing on and suddenly I am a foot and a half shorter. I’ve kept my balance by holding onto other branches […]

Posted on August 11, 2015August 14, 2015 by Seth
Posted in Uncategorized4 Comments

Alpine Lakes Wilderness Challenge Attempt #1

Hopefully I will be updating this page sometime next week reporting a fun, yet challenging, traverse of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.  (Update: Please see my trip report posted in a […]

Posted on July 31, 2015August 13, 2015 by Seth
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White River 50 miler

It was a wet and cloudy 50 miles this weekend. The best part was seeing friends Yassine Diboun and Matt Palilla take 2nd and 3rd place. Actually I didn’t see […]

Posted on July 28, 2015July 28, 2015 by Seth
Posted in PNW AdventuresTagged Ultra1 Comment

Lost and Found

We met in a little bike shop in the Adirondacks 25 years ago. I won’t say it was love at first sight…but there was some attraction. You had fancy aluminum […]

Posted on July 26, 2015July 27, 2015 by Seth
Posted in Misc1 Comment

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