Found some videos left on my Flip camera from last years trip to Uganda
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Call me a #masochist but man would I love to run this 100mi race!! #utmb #ultrarunning
via ultratrailmb.com
There's something about the extreme beauty and challenge of this course all rolled into one epic event that makes this an unmistakably attractive race to me.
From the Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-Trail_du_Mont-Blanc):
The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (also referred to as UTMB) is a mountain ultramarathon. It takes place once a year in the Alps, across France, Italy and Switzerland. The distance is approximately 166 km (~103mi), with a total elevation gain of around 9,400 m. Some believe that it is the most difficult foot race in Europe.
While the best trailers complete the loop in slightly more than 20 hours, most runners take 30 to 45 hours to reach the finish line.
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On the bucket list for sure. Must focus on finishing http://RaceTheTrace.com first!!!
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May 2011
Friends #planking in Gatlinburg. Yea, I don't get it either...
Over the weekend I was hanging out with some Aussie friends who got a kick out of participating in current meme called "planking".
What is it? Well... here's a BBC article that tries to explain: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13414527
Planking is a prank that involves lying face down in a public place, with photos posted on social networking sites. Why do it? According to the article, "Because it's utterly ridiculous. If you go on holiday, you take a photo of yourself in front of the Eiffel Tower or the Leaning Tower of Pisa. We thought it would be hilarious if you're not interested and lying down instead."
Here are a few shots of my friends planking in Gatlinburg, TN over the weekend:
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Apr 2011
Nate is extremely distraught (understandably), but okay. No X-ray or stitches required.
Thanks all for your prayers. Nothing is more nerve racking than having to rush your child to the emergency room.
Nate was trying to walk between the island and dishwasher and tripped and fell head first into the corner of the island. He does this sort of thing a lot zoning initially wasn't that worried. But within seconds a MASSIVE welt started appearing and the screaming just got worse. So, everyone to the car!
Unfortunately, our ER is a 20-30 min drive away. Very unsettling!
As the doctors checked him out he was tracking just fine (following light and objects) and wasn't vomiting or showing signs of a fever. So, we are just giving Tylenol and a cold compress for a while b
Of course this would happen as we were trying to head out the door for Easter weekend. Oh well, bit of a late start.
I think part of the problem is that his equilibrium is way off and his ears are in so much pain from infections. Fortunately he is getting tubes put in on Tuesday.
Poor guy!
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Apr 2011
If Jesus were an alien, would he have a brother?
On a long drive this past weekend I listened to Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything" which scientifically explores all things in the known universe from distant galaxies to micro organisms.
Prior to this I listened to William Young's book, "The Shack" which personifies the Holy Trinity (God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit) when they visit a man full of grief and sadness after his child has been abducted.
These overlapping thoughts from the vastness of our universe to our relationship with the Trinity left me with an unusual ponderance...
Assume for a moment the remote possibility that another intelligent life-form could exist somewhere in another galaxy. What would be the likelihood that our celestial in-laws would closely resemble the Homo Sapiens we know and love, thus share the same physical form that we recognize in Jesus Christ? Or, would the physical embodiment of Jesus simply be relative to the society God is seeking to have a relationship with?
Therefore, if Jesus' physical form were relative, and other intelligent life-forms took on different features, would there be multiple embodiments of Jesus upon entering the pearly gates (assuming that all of our 'celestial in-laws' would share the same heaven) so that the people he reached would recognize him?
However, if the Jesus in the Holy Trinity is absolute (a literal singular figurehead embodiment) wouldn't the various physical forms more closely align him to the Holy Spirit?
Maybe I'm just being too literal. I don't have a stance one way or another as to whether I think there are other intelligent lifeforms out there somewhere, but I wouldn't begin to try and put God in a box.
It's kind of a fun mental exercise nonetheless!
Marc Krejci
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Minimalist ultrarunner.
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Pescetarian oenophile.
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