Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run
1999 Photos


These photos were taken by Blake Wood, Phil Wood, Joyce Wood, Rebecca Clark, Igor Pesenson, John Cappis, and John Demorest during the event (note the time stamp on some of the photos). They are combined 2-6 jpeg photos per web page. 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, or mail a copy to Blake at 1146 Big Rock Loop, Los Alamos, NM 87544. They will gladly be returned if you ask.


The start

Blake Wood and daughters.
RD Dale Garland checks runners in.
RD Dale Garland gives runners a pep talk.
Climbing out of Silverton.

Nute Chute to Chapman Gulch
Dennis Herr holds back the tide of runners on the Nute Chute.
Crossing Mineral Creek.
Tim Seminoff scrambling up Grant-Swamp Pass.
Blake Wood leaves a rock at the Joel Zucker Memorial.
Blake Wood in the Chapman Gulch aid station.

Oscar's Pass
John Demorest is happy he's only crewing this year.
Karl Meltzer in the lead on the final pitch up Oscar's Pass.
Why Errol Jones says he will never run Hardrock.
A crowd ascends Oscar's Pass, Ophir Pass in background.
Tim Seminoff and Charlie Thorn. Grant-Swamp in background.
Karl Meltzer on the traverse to Wasatch Saddle.

Telluride to Mendota Saddle
Dave Dixson headed out of Telluride. The canyon in the background leads to Oscar's Pass.
Steve Pattillo in Liberty Bell Basin.
Charlie Thorn below Mendota Saddle.
Dave Dixson near the top of Mendota Saddle, in the rain.
Mendota Saddle.

Mendota Saddle to Virginius Pass
Blake Wood approaches Virginius Pass.
Virginius Pass aid station - the whole thing!
Virginius Pass aid station, in the rain - still full of friendly, helpful people.

Ouray to Engineer Pass
Blake Wood on the Bear Creek Trail. That's a 200' cliff on the right - you slip, you die!
Blake Wood enjoys the sunset above the Engineer aid station.

The finish line
Blake Wood and Igor Pesenson at the finish.
Kissing the Hardrock.
Press Conference.
Five time finishers Blake Wood, Charlie Thorn, Jim Fisher, John DeWalt, and Odin Christensen.

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