By Eben Novy-Williams, Bloomberg When Brooks Entwistle, a partner at Everstone Group in Singapore, climbed the sixth-tallest mountain in the world, the 26,8000-foot-tall Cho Oyu, he didn’t take the typical seven weeks. He took three weeks off and sandwiched the 17-day ascent between a board meeting and a parent-teacher conference. That timeframe was unheard of in guided […]
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A toe dip was enough for some people as opposed to the full plunge many others opted for. The space odyssey themed Polar Plunge kicked off at 10am March 18 at Zephyr Cove Resort. The annual event raises money for the 23,000 Special Olympics athletes in Northern California and Nevada. More than $150,000 was raised […]
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By Kathryn Reed With 1,800 vertical feet to ride and features built into the environment, no wonder Waterhouse is such a popular destination for skiers and snowboarders. Even better for them it’s not much of a hike from the vehicle to where the climb begins. The eight of us (four humans, four canines) aren’t into […]
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By Bill Pennington, New York Times ASPEN, Colo. — “Is my career ahead of schedule?” Mikaela Shiffrin, the precocious Olympic and world ski racing champion, asked here on Monday, her 22nd birthday. “No, I don’t think I’ll ever believe I’m ahead of schedule.” That is truly bad news for the other women’s ski racers of […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The 2017 South Tahoe Wooden Boat Classic, an event spotlighting classic boats, has been canceled after the sponsoring organization was unable to reach an agreement to use the Tahoe Keys Marina for the event. The show, sponsored by the Northern California/Lake Tahoe Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society, […]
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South Tahoe High School’s girls’ and boys’ swim teams hosted four other schools at home March 14. (The team uses the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center pool.) The five Division 1 teams participating were – STHS, Fernley High School, Reno High School, Spanish Springs High School and McQueen High School. Although the Vikings held their […]
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By Tony Berendsen There hasn’t been a total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous United States since 1979, but on Aug. 21, 2017, from sea to shining sea the long wait will be over, the “Great American eclipse” is coming soon. Many of us have witnessed a partial solar eclipse, fewer have experienced a total […]
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If conditions are favorable, California State Parks and the U.S. Forest Service may resume prescribed fire operations. Operations may take place near Tahoe City and Glenbrook and may continue as conditions allow. Each prescribed fire operation follows a prescribed fire burn plan, which considers temperature, humidity, wind, moisture of the vegetation, and conditions for the […]
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To encourage public input for its inaugural comprehensive parks and trails master plan, Placer County has launched a website. The master plan will provide a 10-year vision for the development and operation of parks and trails in the county. A countywide online survey will be released later this month, stakeholder and focus group meetings are […]
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By Sage Sauerbrey, Moonshine Ink Ski communities seem to have an especially strong inclination for nostalgia. I grew up with my parents’ tales of my home mountain during the ’80s when the powder stayed fresh for days and getting duct-taped to the local bar was a common occurrence. Lift tickets were less than $50, and […]
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