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Elbrus Race 2013 - the book It's available on Amazon right now, and I recommend that you get it and read it just for the adventure, if nothing else. In a nutshell, I returned to Elbrus after my attempt at Elbrus Race 2010, in which I aced the Qualifier (essentially a VerticalK Race) but was pulled from the main event, The Classic, after a serious case of food poisoning left me too weak to run.

I took my padowan Todd Gilles with and together we shared a hut with Kilian Jornet and his entourage. It was all great fun, despite running the Qualifier and Classic in storms. Todd took 3rd and I took 5th. Near the end of every winter season I sell a lot of these in Europe as people begin to wonder if they'll be entering or not.

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I've been on a wave of PR's on both Quandary and the Manitou Incline, and have been considering that I'm in excellent shape for how early in the season it is, and maybe I should make a run at Elbrus Race 2015?

Top of the Manitou Incline after shaving 3 minutes off my previous effort

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Posted by Seven Summits Body on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Quandary Winter Ascent Photos

I've done Quandary quite a few times this past winter. That's 14,265' Quandary, near Breckenridge Colorado. It's a Fourteener, and the trailhead access is really good most of the winter, so it's easy to get to, park and take off running. At least most of the time it's pretty fast hiking, or skyrunning, a sport of vertical ascents in rough conditions on steep mountain terrain.

I train here for much of my other mountain endeavors, including a possible attempt at Elbrus Race 2015. The photos that follow are from August 2014 to this week, and include various views, including trailheads, weather, goats, and feet.

Most of these are on the East Ridge Route, but one is from the Cristo Couloir. One is from an overnight on the summit. I got a few PR's recently on the Winter Route - articles HERE and HERE