Squirt Boat Playing at the Utah Whitewater Club Informal Gear Swap
It’s about time you updated your D#*n Newswire!!! We know. Sincere apologies for the Newswire delay. Want the good news? School is out for us college folks, and Newswires are back on the agenda. Thank you for supporting Ogden Outdoor Adventure! Big changes are in the works and we’re excited to share what we’ve been working on. It’s almost time…
Here’s today’s Newswire:
Polls Show Utah Residents Support State Control of Public Lands
SALT LAKE CITY — A statewide poll shows most Utah residents support a bill recently signed by Gov. Gary Herbert that challenges the federal control of public lands in the state. The survey (http://bit.ly/HCbMoG ) found 64 percent back the Legislature’s demand… More at Standard Examiner
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Canyons Resort to Continue Lease to PCMR
PARK CITY — A Park City ski area said Friday it was willing to offer new leases for much of the land where a neighboring rival operates and settle a lawsuit that had merchants and town officials begging both sides for a settlement… More at Deseret News
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“Budget Issues” Slow Moab Uranium Cleanup
MOAB — Environmental crews have removed more than 5 million tons of radioactive tailings from the banks of the Colorado River in less than three years. They still have about 11 million tons to go, but the pace of the cleanup is about to slow down… More at Deseret News
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Worst Snowfall in 67 Years
What Bruce Tremper saw when he ventured into the Wasatch backcountry this spring surprised him. Bare patches littered the winter landscape where he was used to seeing snow — even on high-elevation ridge tops. In one of his last forecasts of the season for the Utah Avalanche Center, Tremper noted that this year might wind up being the worst for snowfall in the 67 years… More at Salt Lake Tribune
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Stolen High-End Cannondales Recovered in Park City
The Park City Police Department in early April recovered two high-end bicycles that had been stolen in Deer Valley, retrieving them and capturing a suspect in an undercover sting, a police captain said. The two bicycles, each part of Cannondale’s SuperSix line, are valued at $10,500 More at Park Record
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Snowbird’s Proposed Mountain Coaster, Update
In light of recent compromises and a potential re-wording of the Foothills and Canyons Overlay Zone ordinance, Snowbird may after all be able to build a mountain coaster. Due to it rising from the ashes after being shot down last fall, I feel as if its new name should be the “Phoenix Coaster.” More at Unofficial Networks
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Environmentalists Pursue National Monument Near Grand Canyon
A coalition of environmentalists wants to create a national monument near the Grand Canyon, but federal officials and a ranchers group say the land already is adequately protected… More at KSL.com
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Utahan Wants Adventure Race in Backyard
It was sometime early in the morning, riding back with his teammates in a Ford F-150 from a 24-hour adventure race in Colorado, tired and sore but nonetheless energized, that Aaron Ogden had his brainstorm: Why not do one of these in the Salt Lake Valley? More at Deseret News
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UCI Pro-Teams Confirmed for Tour of Utah
The first major, weeklong stage race to challenge the top international cycling teams after this summer’s Tour de France and Olympic Games will be in the United States. Eight professional teams confirmed participation today in the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, August 7-12, 2012… More at Cycling Utah
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GEAR:30, Scarpa Shoes Killing it!
New 2012 rock and approach shoes from SCARPA earned two Editor’s Choice awards from Urban Climber magazine and a five-star review from Rock and Ice in the last two months. The Boostic, SCARPA’s newest high-end rock shoe, earned two awards, while the Crux, the newest addition to the approach line, earned one… More at SNEWS
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Johanna Ernst climbs Open Your Mind, 5.14C
Planet Mountain reports that Johanna Ernst has climbed her first 5.14c with Open Your Mind in Spain’s Santa Linya cave. Ernst has been, and still is, one of the world’s top competition climbers with multiple World Cup wins including an overall first place in 2008 and 2009… More at DPM Climbing
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11-year-old Cameron Hörst, Climbs 5.14a
At almost the same instant that I was hitting the ‘publish’ button on yesterday’s premature news story, 11-year-old Cameron Hörst was clipping the chains on God’s Own Stone (5.14a) at the Red River Gorge… More at DPM Climbing
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Dakota Jones Crushes Lake Sonoma 50
Healdsburg, California, April 14. Dakota Jones of Durango, Colorado crushed a strong field and the course record at the 4th annual Lake Sonoma 50. Jones led a pack that included Timothy Olson, Jorge Maravilla, Dave Mackey, Nick Clark, Hal Koerner, Joe Uhan and Dan Olmstead early in the race. By the midway point, Jones and Olson had broken away… More at Ultra Running
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Outdoor Apparel Industry Sees Growth
Outdoor Apparel sales increased 3.2 percent to $245.4 million. Sales growth in Outdoor Apparel was strongest in the Internet channel (+37.7 percent) and the Independent Outdoor Specialty channel (+9.0 percent) for the five-week period. The Specialty channel represented one-third of Outdoor Apparel sales in March… More at Transworld Business
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Vermont Governor Barely Escapes Bears
A late-night encounter with four bears trying to snack from backyard bird feeders gave Vermont’s governor a lesson in what not to do in bear country. One of the bears chased Peter Shumlin and nearly caught the governor while he was trying to shoo the animals away, he said Friday… More at The Columbus Dispatch
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2012 Boston Marathon Initial Results
When elite runners are willing to sacrifice time in order to cool off, it’s hot. Elite runners finished the race as temperatures reached 78, but slower runners can expect to feel the mid-80s before they cross the finish line today. If they don’t run a personal record, they might be able to say they ran a different sort of record… More at Innovation for Endurance
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