“ia daveded to put on the rice,’ (ane rmectr anemeneres man haneovetnenemeeneeahd (2) MS RUTE ARs TE MERRY PRET IAL OUTER MRNA OA BOLE ut lt eae bd raul & a @ - Sea-to- Summit race connects Deep « Cove beach to a Whistler mountain By Andrew McCradle Community Editor andvew@nsnewscom » WE'VE all heard it somewhere, 'L Last time for me was'on a chairlift at Cypress Bowlin April. “Yep, Johny, you gotta leave that place behind and move out * here, “came the booming voice from the chair in front, followed: Rings avis business ORTH nets a neanURARaeEE Inet eeNAnES 18h ORY by an ungraceful pole wave towards Bowen Island ‘below to exemplify the last word. “Where else can you ski, golf and sail all on the same day?” Raise your hands if you ‘ve muttered these words. OK, yours: 4 can lower them.’ Now, all of you who: have actuall yours, (Yep, about as many as would adi Come Sunday afternoon atop Whistler. Mountain, there will “be over 15 people who can proudly keep their hands raised, © s The second annual -Sea-to-Summit race heads for the hills (well, the water at first) Saturday morning in Deep Cove for the > kayaking portion of the endurance event, done sucha thing, raise mit to still holding Bre-X),-- Among the neaprene warriors will be local boy “Dave Howells, a self-confessed gnarly dude. Howells (tittingly. pronounced “HOWLS") competed in the team portion of last year’s race (four competitors per team), but this year has'taken up the challenge of competing in the individ: tral category." “1 suppose we all have ideas'of fun,” Howells said earlier this week as he prepared for the race, “I've been mountain bike rac: ing for eight or 10 years now, and to compete ina race these days isabit humdrum,” ’ Been there, Done that. Lost the T-shirt, “1 did ‘the kayaking portion for our team last year, and at the ” _end of the paddle all Pwanted to do was get out of the kayak and “ride my mountain bike,” Howells recalls, , “My team won it last year,” Howells says Of the “Shaken, Not -, Stirred” entry: so named for’their! number plate, 007. “The feel, the atmosphere of the event | rear, was jst everyone hay- ing:a good time and havitig fun.” : "Howells calls the growing field’ of “speci ilty hybrid races like _ the Sed-to-Summit «whole: new dynamic | in sport,” “Séato-Summit race ‘organizer, Greg” Sproule” agrees, and 3. i points to the’more than double competitor list for this year’s race as an indicator of the: race appeal. Last year’ was a, good {earning experience in the challenge ” Sproule said, “Last year we had 65 racers; this year we've got over 150.? (And growing, Race appli- . Sations are still being accepted. Call 604. 572: 4625 to register)” © gai alleries oss; Dundarave Cafe: Love: of Trees, water- colors by Ruth Q. Grant, Exhibit con- ‘tinues to‘June 30, "Ferry Building Gallery: Fucus on Peale, North Shore photographers Jennifer Matthews, Ralph. Wallis and Asked if he was taking part in the race, Sproule laughed and said “No way. [did a few secdons of the course last weekend to help mark it offand there’s no say you'd get me out there,” But Howells is chomping at the bit 1 hit the tral — and this year he is taking the race more seriously, "Let's face it, there’s probably mayhe three p auys competing that can actually win the thing,” Howells reckons, who's realisti- cally hoping for a top-five finish, “We're talking outstanding ath- detes that are in top. condition.” “Despite competing as an individual’ racer, Howells is. still “depending ona team of friends to help out over the course of the race, “Tl hey"t be nicking up supplies, dropping off supplies, | need » " _ Wendy Wedge. 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Wodnoaday, Juno 18, 1097 + Noth Shore Nows = 19 4 SHORE ]JFE _ DAVE Howalls dory le is stoked and ready to hit “tho trall this Saturday morning in tho second annual Sea-to-Summit Weokond Adventure Race, The 163km (100 mile), two-day race foa- tures four modos of transportation: the kayak, the mountain bike, the whitewater raft, and the good old feet {as Ini to pound tho. tral with), Howells competed last year as on a four- man team; this year the North Van ironman !s taking on the course liv “the Individual category. The first leg of the race ee 2 19km kayak up” Indian Arm from Deep Cove — gets things | gang at 8:45 a.m, this - aturday, June 20, yee 2, SD: | NEWS photo Paul McGrath someone to drive a ear to Brackendale ¢ camping ground for the first night,” Howells says. ; Spectators don't have many vantage points 1o watch the race, save the kayak start at Panorama Park on Saturday morning (8: 48 a.m.); the day-one finish line at Dryden Creck Resorts (North of Squamish on Highway 99, one mile south of Alice Lake 1 Park); and at the-final finish line in Whistler Village on Sunday, Sproule figures the first racers should cross the finish line at 1:30 p.m. on: Sunday, with the final competitors coming in about 5 p.m, And as you woukl expect of'a spart born in the 1990s, a race website is in place and will be updated late Sunday afternoon with final race results: hutp//wwwintergate. be.ca/Dusiness/e2sum- mit. . 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