• Alaska : Denali (Mt. Mckinley) Expedition

    With unfinished business from my 2014 expedition on Denali I booked a second attempt with my favorite tour company RMI. I purposefully selected the expedition lead by Hannah Smith as
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  • Arches and Zion National Park, Moab UTAH and Vegas

    Last month I had a fun adventure to Lake Meade, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park. I left with some unfinished business in Zion that you’ll read about down below.
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  • Antelope Canyon Ultra Marathon Race Report

    Sometime in September ‘19 I got the bug to fill up the adventure calendar for 2020 and an email from VacationRaces.com caught my attention. After clicking on the link I
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  • Helicopter Skiing in British Columbia

    After 6 years of coming here it is about time I share what my now annual heli skiing adventure in British Columbia is like. The place I've been going to
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  • Ironman Barcelona Race Report

    The quest for 12 Ironman finishes continued in Barcelona Spain. If I complete 12 I get to enter what they call the Legacy Lottery where 100 mortals get a chance
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  • Dinner in the Dark

    This blog is mainly for adventure and travel stories but last night's "Dinner in the Dark" qualifies. I had the unfortunate experience of being temporarily blind (in each eye separately
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  • Ironman Arizona Race Report & Gourmet chicken broth discovery

    I’ve never been happier to end a race. My body is trashed from the insane load I’ve but on it this year and Sunday’s finish line was truly a symbolic
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  • French Castle and Wine Porsche Tour

    Since this blog was originally started to document travel trips, I’ll interrupt the flow of race reports and mountain adventures with a write up of an epic trip that my
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  • Ironman Vichy Race Report

    I was born in the former Soviet Union, now the Ukraine, in the city of Odessa. My birth name is Vichislav. My parents called me Slavik and still do in
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  • Ironman Canada Whistler Race Report

    Signing up for two full Ironman races in the same month seamed like a great challenge. Even though I was concerned about recovery time after IM Frankfurt it proved to
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