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Bacon Saves
Just a reminder that the auction for Barrett’s Banner Sunrise print is less than 3 days away from ending. It’s in a really nice black wood frame on a white matte. It’ll make a great motivator for you to get geared up for the coming Sierra Nevada backpacking season. About the Print: Barrett is a really... »
Farthest point from the center of the Earth
Conventional wisdom would make this easy. Fortunately you will rarely find conventional wisdom here on The Bacon Strip. From Google Sightseeing: Let’s look at Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. The summit of Chimborazo is 6,267 m (20,561 ft) above sea level, which is quite large but not quite the highest mountain in the Andes. If you take into account... »
r.i.p. shane mcconkey
Squawliwood legend Shane McConkey died today in a BASE Jumping accident in Italy. Reminds me of what happened after my Sky Dive last year to SkyDive Tahoe’s Wes Harberts. I met Shane briefly once when I took the photo above. Seemed like a very cool yet intense dude. It sucks knowing that the guy shreding... »
it’s not a good basin, it’s a great basin!!!
Smella just forwarded this on to me: NGO Workshop Feburary 20-21, 2008 John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Sparks Nevada “Research suggests that the Great Basin is one of the most environmentally frail and at-risk regions in the nation. To address this concern, a major two-day workshop for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) on... »
Because it’s there…
I believe I read that he has no recollection of telling a reporter that he climbed Everest, “because it’s there,” but there it was, and there it still is. Never-the-less Sir. Ed is gone: WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of... »
del.icio.us ba.con for October 16th through October 18th
Sizzling hot bacon for October 16th through October 18th: Facility Bike Club: Falling Down-Its under rated – So, Todd wiped out on Jack Rabbit the other day. I saw the whole thing. A couple months ago, I saw Jeff M. full on “Oaf” on the Jackrabbit jump. Micky from the Bike Smith was launching himself... »
del.icio.us ba.con for October 15th
These are my links for October 15th: Help wanted: Keystone restoration project – YouTube – Wade Simmons – Lunatic Catapult Skydiving – Wow, and we thought we were crazy. A night in hog heaven with the Bacon Club – The Boston Globe – Megan Dickerson biked with her fruit-filled pig’s head cake all the way from... »
New Trail!
Yo, I helped polish the new trail this weekend that was cut from Keystone over to Evan’s Creek. Though making single tract with a bull dozer mightseem a tad ham-handed, it was a fast, efficient and cost effective way to build sustainable singletrack that everyone can enjoy. The goal is for this to be the... »
The NEW Bacon Strip!
Yeah, things may look different, but it hasn’t improved any… Tell us what you think! -M Like Unlike »