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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Today is the last day to request tickets for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C.
Ticket requests can be submitted at cosport.com or 877-457-4647. A credit card with an expiration date of February 2009 or later is required to request tickets, but no payments will be collected during this time according to the cosport.com website.
Tickets range in price from $25 to watch cross-country skiing to $1,118 for the opening ceremonies.
The ticket request period started Oct. 3, but regardless of when requests are submitted they will be considered equally when ticket sales are confirmed in December. Those who win the right to buy tickets will have their credit cards billed at that time. Tickets will not be shipped until January 2010.
If any tickets remain after requests are submitted they will go on sale on a first-come, first-served basis in February or March according to cosports.com.
The Olympics are Feb. 12-28, 2010. Keep update on the games by reading The News Tribune's Olympics blog.
The City of Gig Harbor will honor Bob Mortimer and his family Monday at the Civic Center.
Mortimer, a triple amputee, and his family cycled from Gig Harbor to New York over the summer. Mortimer powered himself across the country with just one arm cranking a specially designed bike. Among there many adventures along the way, the family was hit by dump truck while riding in a horse-drawn carriage while visiting an Amish family in Indiana.
Monday’s event starts at 5 p.m.
