Outdoors
Gettin' Hammereled
Incline
Chopping it up with the man who Saturday skied enough vertical feet to (ready?!) equal three descents down Everest on Saturday. You know him as Incline's newest owner of a Diamond Peak '09/'10 full pass — but his name's Jim Hammerel whose 57 laps (almost 85k vertical feet) on DP's Crystal Saturday earned hm back-to-back Vertical Challenge crowns:
tahoeticker: First off, 57 laps?!
Jim Hammerel: Yeah, I had to beat my 54 from last year.
tt: So, doing so many laps — is it like being in ski prison?
jh: No way. Skiing is so awesome. I could do it all day if my legs would hold out.
tt: Big, sunny day Saturday — did you use Gapers as gates?
jh: Yeah, there were a ton of people out enjoying the good weather. It was tough avoiding people and trying not to scare people too much. You can never plan which way people are going to go.
tt: What kind of stuff did you do to keep your legs and mind fresh?!
jh: The legs were in much better shape than last year. I put the footrest bar down sometimes to give the quads a break. I played mental games to keep me focused and enegized ...stuff like chasing or beating someone to the lift, timing my runs and trying to beat the last one, counting how many chairs on the lift line I moved up, stuffed the headphones in and made small talk with fellow Diamond Peak riders, etc.
tt: Did you go enjoy a glass of wine up at the Snowflake Lodge after?!
jh: Nope. Last Tracks was sold out. I just had a beer at Crosby's with some friends.
tt: We feel like this event started as kind of a fun thing for the community — but now you're pushing 90k feet in a day ...could this catch on?!
jh: I hope so. Skiing is filled with speed events, but very few endurance events. I wish more resorts would catch on and offer races like this in a safe and fun way.
tt: You just skied more in a day than most do in a decade of seasons
combined; how do those legs feel?!
jh: They're actually not too bad. I was in much worse shape after last season's event. They're a bit stronger nowadays.
tt: So, the irony is you get a free pass to the place you probably don't want to ski again for a long, long time.
jh: Diamond Peak is great. It's convient and great for lunchtime runs. The passes are relatively expensive compared to Mt. Rose which is almost as close, so it's fun to have the option to ski at Diamond Peak, but not have to pay the high season pass price.
tt: So, you'll be back for a three-peat?!
jh: We'll see. My goal this year was 100k vertical. I might have barely made it had the chair not stopped or if I wasn't slowing down for people on the slopes. Hopefully next year Diamond Peak will cordon off a run just for competitors so we can really let 'em fly.
tt: Parting thoughts/shouts/support crew?!
jh: Thanks to the patroler who threatened to clip my pass for skiing too fast, but didn't (Wayne?). Thanks to my wife Nicci for binging me lunch on the chairlift. Sorry to all the people I cut in front of in line or on the hill.
First Friday at Brickelltown is back... just in time for fall
9/02/10, 8:18 am, By Alanna Hughes
- 4 p.m. Friday in Brickelltown
- Bring your cruiser bike (cheaper/better peeps than Burning Man)
Ski Porn season kicks off at Squaw Sept. 18 with Standard premiere
8/31/10, 9:22 pm, By S. Cowley
- North Shore-based snowboard heavies preimere 'The Storming' Saturday, Sept. 18
- Monster'll be there too...
Sorry Burning Man - it's all about the Ski Loft Tent Sale
8/30/10, 7:52 pm, Staff Report
- 8 a.m. Friday
- Bring all your pennies... (what's left of 'em)
The Weekly
-Basin Bargain Basement - The bargain of bargains
8/29/10, 8:59 pm, By A. Pridgen
- $105k for starter condo in KB
- Yes, we toured a similar unit in '06 for more than $300k ...actually, maybe it WAS this unit
Bomber pre-season ski sales from local manufacturers
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- From Praxis Powderboards to Moment Rubys ...to a surprise entry
- It's time to buy local... buy new
Skiing is no more
8/22/10, 11:47 am, Staff Report
- RIP Skiing Magazine
- ...Are you next, SKI?
Date set for 7th annual Downtown Truckee Wine Walk And Shop
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- Filling up that fall calendar yet?!
- Well, here's where to start
The Weekly
-Squaw to host SATELite Festival in September
8/22/10, 7:28 am, By A. Richmond
- New outdoor(ish) event pronounced 'satellite' ...not 'Sate-lite' like we orig. thought
- ...Not 100 percent sure what it is — but ncludes wine, so we'll be there
Tahoe Mountain Sports gets you warm for Ski Loft tent sale
8/20/10, 6:44 pm, By Lis Korb
- First come tent sales... then ski porn premiers
- Then (gulp) snow... are you ready?!
Legendary Incline bear featured in WSJ
8/18/10, 8:31 pm, Staff Report
- Free BUBBA
- That's right - It's our fault... not the bear's... but is that what the Journal thinks?!
Trail Building Backcountry Camps
8/17/10, 8:49 pm, TRTA
- Get on those trails
- ...and get your build on Saturday and Sunday (and again Labor Day weekend)
The Weekly
-Win an iPad from IVGID
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- Golf, ski, beach, compute
- repeat
Squaw creates new top marketing position... sale rumors spark again
8/10/10, 8:18 pm, Staff Report
- Wait, Squaw CREATED a position...
- Ok, something's definitely going down... (25-year industry vet Scott Clarkson tapped as VP of Marketing and Sales)
Jim's trip ...halfway... round The Rim
8/07/10, 1:16 pm, By. A. Pridgen
- Hammerel raises triple his goal amt. to benefit the TRT
- ...and tears up his knee
Volunteer trail-building workdays with the Tahoe Rim Trail Association
8/05/10, 7:45 am, TRTA
- You heard about Jim Hammerel's mission to speed-traverse the TRT
- Now you can pitch in too
The Weekly
-Goodbye Norm
8/03/10, 8:08 pm, By A. Pridgen
- The Godfather of Incline, Norm Rosenberg, passes - he was 92
- Incline's left-leaning champion leaves legacy ...starting with the library
Test drive a Tesla... before it's too late
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- Tesla, the Palo Alto-based electric car company has gone through more than $300 million VC $
- ...but still hasn't tapped into Uncle Sam's reserves for the Model S - go check it out at the Hyatt
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- Good grub, great views
- And nothing beats Belt Room post PCT
Ultimate Frisbee - ultimate course
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- Signature hole (no. 4) has 1080' downhill... wow
The Weekly
-Squaw's MTB park open for first time since '03
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- 2k feet of single-track
- 'K, we're in
Remembering Kenny Guinn
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- The man who created the Milennium Scholarship and SNPLMA passed away Thursday
- Guinn, who oversaw Nevada during its most prosperous years, was 73
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- Rick Edge takes saucy edge down to downtown Sonoma
- Lokal is the (new) place to be and PlumpJack alum makes it so
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- Numbers of skiers on the hill increased - but overall spending stayed modest
- Cheap passes the plan again for 2010-'11
The Weekly
-Cushing steps down from Squaw post ...rumors of sale sparked
7/13/10, 6:06 pm, Staff Report
- Former Intrawest exec takes over
- ...Rumor mill turning overtime: is Cushing family getting ready to bounce?
TRPA's Asian clam bake
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- $1.4 million effort to eradicate invasive species from the lake...
- And it involves (no joke) laying a rubber mat on the lake's floor... hi-tech
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- KT zip line
- What about for the grown-ups?!
Just like that ...red flags are up
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- Three-year anniversary of Angora looms ever-present
- Thunderstorms Wednesday/Thursday portend danger
The Weekly
-Nevada County approves PR firm's contract the same week it OKs budget cuts
6/30/10, 9:19 pm, Staff Report
- Wait a minute - you're saying Tahoe will spend more than a million dollars this year on, sloganeering...
- Meantime, budget cuts include child care, welfare-to-work and MediCal programs ...nice
Truckee's Lautner drops a PCT hiking book
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- 32 eco-friendly trips on the Sierra stretch of the PCT ...with GPS coordinates
- Two thumbs up - pick it up...
Lake Tahoe Based Russian-American Partnership turns 20
6/24/10, 11:27 am, By TBI
- Tahoe-Baikal Institute celebrates two decades of watershed protection and cultural exchange
- Political and economic ups and downs notwithstanding
Tour de Nez photo gallery
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- The weekend that was from Reno to Northstar
- And lots of Nash
The Weekly
-Rebuild the Rim Trail every summer Saturday
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- Start summer right by giving your most precious gift
- ...Your time
TRPA tries to clarify
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- So, what, if anything, does this have to do with Boulder Bay?!
- ...More importantly how 'bout that casino (strip club?) corridor...
Opinion ...TRPA ensures Tahoe times they area a-changin'
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- Density to increase under proposed TRPA regional plan
- But, will they build it (or will they come?)
TAUs on the table from TRPA
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- If you don't understand the headline
- ...Go the the May 26 meeting and you'll see puh-lenty
The Weekly
-Cal Neva now in TRPA doghouse
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- TRPA will handle foreclosed property with kid gloves over more than a decade of flunking its eco report card
- Time to blow everything up but the casino floor, Sinatra Showroom, the lakefront cabins and the Indian Room
Celebrate National Trails Day with the Tahoe Rim Trail
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- Build a trail
- ...Get a free lunch
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- Well, it's not like Martis Valley is in any danger of getting developed by broke-ass East/West
- ...But still good to preserve; Check out the new site
LTVA spends almost a mil. on slogan ending in preposition
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- That's right, your new slogan to lure Affliction-wearing d-bags to Stateline's new strip club
- ...'Get your vacation on' (ohh noo). Inside: Our five (free) slogan suggestions ...Holla
The Weekly
-Cost of doing nothing too high for Tahoe
4/29/10, 8:22 pm, By Joanne Marchetta
- If you can make it through TRPA director's tome...
- We'll have resident feedback for you Friday
No downhill slide for Diamond Peak
4/09/10, 7:00 am, Staff Report
- While others founder
- ...DP in the black and breaking ground on new $4 million admin/ticket/locker/child ski center building
Foreclosed Cal Neva casino goes dark ...for good
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- One year after 'no-sale' at a foreclosure auction and interim management team shuts down Nevada's most legendary casino
- ...Sad, sad day... Casino doors to shut March 31 - rest of Basin gaming on life support
And yes ...the KB roundabouts were originally scheduled to be complete this summer
1/27/10, 9:35 pm, Staff Report
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency board votes unanimously (again) to approve three-lane/roundabouts in KB
- ...Yes, you've heard that (here) before
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