I run, therefore I am…1081 kilometers farther than I was Dec 31 2007
Too high, too … well … stinky. I ran the Firehole Lake loop for a number of reasons. The most important reason had to do with not being eaten by a grizzly bear. After my incident in the Black Hills (see June 3rd post) we decided that it would not be wise [...]
On the 5th of June I ran where lieutenant-colonel Custer fell at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. It was an emotional moment for me since this battle and geographical area is of great importance in American history from the perspective of the native Americans, and of the whites too. There is [...]
I don’t have any pictures of this event because I ran alone in the back country and I did not carry the camera. Marilyn dropped me off at a trail head to Centennial Trail. The plan was for me to run along the trail in a northerly direction, always keeping to the left [...]
I ran a little over 10 km here. Again it was raining and windy but somehow I managed to find a 2 hour window where running was perfect. And the route I choose was part of a trail system through the Badlands and it was dry enough that I did not have any [...]
It was a spiritual place for the native Americans. One story has 7 maidens fleeing from a great bear and the bears claw marks are on the tower. The maidens took refuge at the top and were taken up to heaven to become the Pleiades star cluster. Even today natives go there [...]
