2010年12月15日星期三

replica Bell & RossVintage 120 V120GPER-GL Men Canadian Marathon in Toronto

According to RunnersWeb, the 20th annual replica Bell & RossVintage 120 V120GPER-GL Men Canadian Marathon in Toronto was the most successful in Canadian history, raising $1.8 million for 99 neighborhood charities, and breaking the records for fastest marathon for both men and women on Canadian soil. Defending champion Kenneth Mungara from Kenya set the mens record at 2:08:31.9, and Amande Gobena of Ethiopia blasted the womens record at 2:28:31. Says Race Director Alan Brookes, We could not have asked for a better anniversary race. Alison Kelman

total silence except for the crunch of boots on hard snow and our own heavy breathing as we followed the line of headlamps moving down the Vigne glacier. We saw falling stars and flashes of light on the horizon that in west Texas we know of as the miracle of heat lightning. But here, near Kashmir and the disputed border with India, it couldve been something else.We arrived at Concordia by 5 a.m., with an icy wind blowing in our replica Bell & RossVintage 120 V120WTE-SB Men faces. The Baltoro clean-up crew welcomed us into their warm tent and thrust steaming cups of milk tea and fresh chapatis (Pakistani flour tortillas) into our hands--hospitality to strangers fundamental in Islamic culture. The porters dropped their loads, and in no time a cook tent of their own had gone up with a stove going inside. It looked as though they were settling in. The bitter wind shook the tent as we sipped tea and spoke with Raza, the personable leader of the Baltoro clean-up crew, about their efforts to educate both climbers and porters on the horrific pollution in the Baltoro glacier.

Bill Streever is fond of the cold, so much so replica Bell & RossVintage 120 V120WTE-SL Men that he wrote an entire book about it, Cold: Adventures in the Worlds Frozen Places. But this isnt really an homage; its more of an explanation of frigid phenomena. The author comes off clearly as a scientistas well he should, that being his day jobbut he doesnt throw a bunch of facts and figures on the page. Instead, he takes you along a yearround, worldwide tour of the lowest temperatures, telling amusing stories and offering intriguing asides and explanations throughout.

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