CRAIG HILL
Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com
JEFFREY P. MAYOR
Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
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Just got an e-mail from Liam O'Sullivan, a 29-year-old guide for International Mountain Guides in Ashford.
O'Sullivan, a Seattle native who starts med school at the UW on Monday, says he climbed Mount Rainier Tuesday morning in 4 hours, 46 minutes, 29 seconds.
This is a new unofficial speed record for a round trip from Paradise to the 14,411-foot summit and back.
O'Sullivan's friend and fellow IMG guide Justin Merle set the unofficial record July 9 when he made the trip in 4:49:35. Previously, Chad Kellogg held the record with a 4:59:01 trip in 2004.
None of the climbs were officially timed.
Photo courtesy of Liam O'Sullivan
In an e-mail to his bosses at IMG, O'Sullivan said his legs cramped up during the climb forcing him to slow his descent. Cramps cost him another attempt at Merle's record earlier this summer.
Debbie Natelson of Soundrowers Open Water Rowing & Paddling Club recently sent info on the upcoming race across Puget Sound:
Join Sound Rowers Open Water Rowing & Paddling Club for the annual Great Cross Sound Race, Saturday August 23, 9am. This race is open to all human powered boats: rowing shells (fixed dory to sliding seat shell); canoes/outrigger canoes/war canoes; kayaks/surfskis, pedal boats, paddle boards. Mass start; 7.6 mile course begins and ends at the Alki swimming Beach, proceeds west towards and around Blakely Rocks off of Bainbridge Island, then south to the Decatur Reef Buoy, then back east to Alki Beach. THe race is exciting with variety of boats and usually offers some navigational challenges in addition to distance (general summer boat traffic wake, ferry boats, tides, currents, and prevailing wind. At some point in triangular course you are battling the conditions. Coast Guard approved flotation device, whistle, and ability to self rescue in cold water required. Non members welcome. Mandatory pre-race meeting at 8:15. For directions/further information on this race and other Sound Rowers races, www.soundrowers.org. Race Director, Jeff & Theresa Knakal, 425-338-9441.
