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Bacon Stripper in the News
John and Mary get another article about their house, this time in The Christian Science Monitor. Good Job! “People see this,” Mr. Sagebiel says of the desert-hued exposed-timber-frame “Big Thunder,” “and say that must have cost you a fortune.” “Are you kidding me?” he laughs. “This is making me a fortune! It’s expensive only... »
Vote for Tour de Cul de Sac!
The official Team Bacon Strip video for Tour De Cul De Sac has been selected for the top 20 in the Reno River Festival’s Humans in Motion video contest! Show your support for The Team, The Tour and Jerz falling off... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
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 the natural resources and environment... »
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... »
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... »
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... »