adventure race
Prescription: Nature
Submitted by paula on Thu, 08/30/2018 - 11:14pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Nature is healing, and a new partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and Barton Health is bringing the benefits of 154,000 acres of wellness around Lake Tahoe to the public.
"Nature is medicine, nutrition is medicine and you don't have to pop pills for health," said Nancy Laurenson of Barton Health during a recent wellness outing on the Rainbow Trail at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center.
Medical adventure race returns to South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Mon, 06/12/2017 - 6:39pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Wilderness enthusiasts, healthcare professionals, first responders, outdoor educators, and medical students are encouraged to put their emergency medical knowledge to the test and sign up for the second annual Tahoe MedWAR Challenge on Saturday, September 9.
Wilderness enthusiasts and medical responders in MedWAR Tahoe Challenge
Submitted by paula on Thu, 09/29/2016 - 4:58pm
When Krysinthia White’s team, 20 Percent Survival, completed the MedWAR Tahoe Challenge at the Taylor Creek Sno-Park, they knew it was not a first place finish. Yet they were still smiling after six flat tires, a bee sting, and multiple wrong turns.
“From our perspective, last place was the best place,” says White. “We had the entire lake [Fallen Leaf] to ourselves and pretty much the entire trail.”
20 Percent Survival is one of ten teams of wilderness enthusiasts and medical responders who participated in the inaugural MedWAR Tahoe Challenge on Saturday, September 17.
Tahoe Center for Orthopedics’ providers take first place in MedWAR Challenge
Submitted by paula on Sun, 01/24/2016 - 7:44pm
On January 16, staff and physicians from the Tahoe Center for Orthopedics implemented their medical skills and physical talent at the MedWAR Challenge in Mesa, Arizona.
New Zealand team wins 520 mile race through the Sierras
Submitted by paula on Fri, 08/28/2015 - 11:47pm
A multi-sport expedition that took participants from mountain top to mountain top, up rocks and into the lake and along rivers has wrapped up in South Lake Tahoe. Eleven teams with four members each spent the past several days running, biking, orienteering, mountain climbing, kayaking over 520 miles of some of the world's most beautiful terrain.
Paraglider to compete in 'most extreme adventure race on earth'
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 02/09/2013 - 5:00amHe's broken distance records and made the first known crossing of the Sierra Nevada with a paraglider, but Stephan Haase has never competed in a race like the Red Bulll X-Alps before. "It's wild...
Comments sought on Heavenly adventure race
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 10:38amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The U.S. Forest Service is asking for public input on a proposed one-time adventure race at Heavenly Ski Resort in August 2012.The MojoMan Challenge is a competition that...
Comments sought on Heavenly adventure race
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 10:38amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The U.S. Forest Service is asking for public input on a proposed one-time adventure race at Heavenly Ski Resort in August 2012.The MojoMan Challenge is a competition that...
Forest Service seeks input for MojoMan Challenge at Heavenly Mountain Resort
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 9:04amPublic input is sought by the U.S. Forest Service on a proposed one-time event at Heavenly Mountain Resort, called the MojoMan Challenge. This is an adventure race competition that covers approximately 10.5 miles and incorporates 25 to 30 challenge obstacles along the course that participants will negotiate.
