Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run
1996 Photos


These photos were taken by Charlie Thorn while marking the course and on race day, and by Blake Wood during the event (note the time stamp on the photos). They are combined 3-6 photos per web page, using inline JPEG format. These pages range between 150kb and 300kb. If anyone has any other photos they would like to contribute to this page, please send them as a binary email attachment to Blake Wood, bwood@lanl.gov.


The start

Gary Wright, David Lygre, Hal Winton, and Scott Mills.
Julie Westland-Litus, Al Kroeger, Kevin O'Grady, Ulli Kamm, Don Thompson, and Randy Rhodes.
RDs Kris Maxfield and Chris Bass, with '94 winner Scott Hirst.
The crowd at the start.
They're off!

Cunningham Gulch to Maggie Gulch
Stuart Gleman in the Cunningham aid station.
The road toward Buffalo Boy Mine.
The Old Hundred mine, near Buffalo Boy.
Looking back at the Buffalo Boy mine.

Maggie Gulch to Sherman
Joe Clapper looks down on the Maggie Gulch aid station.
Hal Winton and John DeWalt mark course out of Maggie Gulch.
The Pole Creek aid station.
Crossing Pole Creek.
Descending Cataract Gulch.

Sherman to Handies Peak
Ascending Boulder Gulch.
Marking the course in Boulder Basin.
Handies Peak from Boulder Basin.
Betsy Kalmeyer traverses a ridge near Handies Peak.
The view from the top of Handies Peak.

Handies Peak to Virginius Pass
Looking back at the Grouse Gulch aid station.
Evening, looking back from Engineer's Pass.
Blake Wood: down, but not out in Ouray.
Yankee Boy Basin from Virginius Pass.
The Virginius Pass aid station.
Blake Wood, looking from Virginius Pass toward Telluride and Oscars Pass.

Runners in Telluride #1
Gordon Hardman.
Blake Wood, Dave Scudder, and crew.
Richard Senelly and son.
Ulli Kamm.

Runners in Telluride #2
Dana Roueche and Carolyn Erdman.
George Cappis and RD John Cappis.
Brian Scott, Joel Zucker, and Bert Meyer.
Kawika Spaulding lights up.

Telluride to Oscars Pass
Odin Christensen and pacer ascend Oscars Pass.
Dave Scudder checks out a mine ruin.
From Oscars Pass toward Chapman Gulch and Grant-Swamp Pass.

Chapman Gulch aid station
Aaron Goldman aids Julie Westland-Litus.
Suzi T enters Chapman Gulch.
Chapman Gulch aid station, looking toward Grant-Swamp Pass.

Chapman Gulch to Grant-Swamp Pass
Phil Wood points out the scree chute to Grant-Swamp Pass.
The final pitch on Grant-Swamp Pass. Oscars Pass in background.
Blake Wood on Grant-Swamp Pass.
Iceberg Lake on the Grant-Swamp Pass descent.

Kamm Traverse to the finish
Blake Wood on the Kamm Traverse.
Phil Wood runs into the second sunset above Putnam Basin.
Fred Pilon, Hal Winton, and Stuart Gleman at the awards ceremony.

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