Sunday, January 26, 2014

Epinephrine, Robert Finlay, Solo or A Rock Climb, One Guy, No Rope

Soloing Epinephrine
On the last few moves just above Epinephrine's famous chimneys...
Epinephrine is a rock climb. I've never had a rope on this climb, but over the years would climb it six times. Well, that's not quite true, I had climbed the upper pitches with a rope (a pitch is that section of a climb between two belay points) when Richard Harrison and I climbed Malicious Mischief, a route whose upper pitches coincide with Epinephrine. But that is a different story for another time. Here is my story of Epinephrine...  

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Team Kayak Lake Mead - Everglades Challenge 2006

Druce on Highland Point with one foot on a WWII anti-ship mine.
Druce Finlay on Highland Point with one foot on a WWII anti-ship mine.

I have done about 20 expedition length adventure races that have included trekking, kayaking, horse riding, white water rafting, glacier travel, mountaineering, jungles, deserts, and who knows what else, but this would be my first expedition race with kayaking as the sole discipline.