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Foreword | |
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Welcome to Death Valley | |
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Table of Contents | |
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Hell on Earth | |
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Introduction - Badwater | |
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Badwater Ultramarathon Checkpoints | |
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Pam Reed | |
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Some Like it Hot By Scott Ludwig | |
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Dean Karnazes | |
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Too Little Too Late By Scott Ludwig | |
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Monica Scholz | |
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Night Fever By Scott Ludwig | |
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Chris Bergland | |
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Rookie Mistakes By Chris Bergland with Scott Ludwig | |
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Scott Ludwig | |
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Just Crew It By Scott Ludwig | |
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Al Barker | |
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Gary Griffin | |
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Paula May | |
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Eric Huguelet | |
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Josh Ludwig | |
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The Crew | |
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The Runner | |
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Al | |
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Gary | |
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Paula | |
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Eric | |
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Josh | |
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The Finish | |
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Luis Escobar | |
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An Extreme Adventure By Luis Escobar | |
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Louise Cooper | |
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The Fight of My Life By Louise Cooper | |
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Bill Lockton | |
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Fun Run By Bill Lockton | |
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Here's my race report: | |
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The Numbers: | |
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Final Thought: | |
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Joe Desena | |
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Taking It Slow By Joe Desena | |
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Badwater | |
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Roger Klein | |
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One Road, One Goal By Roger Klein | |
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Friday, July 18, 2003 | |
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Saturday, July 19, 2003 | |
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Sunday, July 20, 2003 | |
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Monday, July 21, 2003 | |
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Tuesday, July 22, 2003 | |
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Wednesday, July 23, 2003 | |
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Jane Ballantyne | |
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A Lot of Help from my Friends By Jane Ballantyne | |
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My Story: | |
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Marshall Ulrich | |
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The Desert Fox By Scott Ludwig | |
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Ruben Cantu | |
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A Runner's High By Ruben Cantu | |
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The Race | |
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Too Hot, I Quit | |
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Mike and Jeanne | |
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Lone Pine | |
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Home At Last, Home At Last | |
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Double Next Time | |
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Bonnie Busch | |
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Team Effort By Bonnie Busch | |
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Death Valley, July 2002 | |
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My Turn: One More Try | |
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Training Camp | |
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Preparation | |
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Goal #1 | |
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Race Day | |
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At Last! | |
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Goal #2 | |
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Goal #3 | |
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Reflecting | |
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Team #45 | |
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Mike Karch | |
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A Lesson in Life By Mike Karch | |
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Andy Velazco | |
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A Friendship Forged in Hell By Andy Velazco | |
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Believing You Can | |
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Badwater 2002-Mike Smith | |
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Badwater 2003-The Hot Year | |
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Crew Run | |
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Race Day | |
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To Towne Pass | |
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Father Crowley Pass | |
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Lone Pine - The Whitney Portals | |
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Lisa Smith-Batchen | |
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Summer School By Scott Ludwig | |
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Nancy Shura-Dervin | |
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Rookie to Veteran… Ultraladies' Style "More Ultra… Less Lady" By Nancy Shura-Dervin | |
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Rill Ladieu | |
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Badwater, A Good Comfortable Road By Bill Ladieu | |
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Joe Prusaitis | |
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Sand Spirits and Scorpions By Joe Prusaitis | |
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Mark Cockrain | |
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Only Man Dogs and Englishmen By Mark Cockbain | |
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Jan Levet | |
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Fun in the Sun: Big Heat and Sore Feet By Jan Levet | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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Early 2003 | |
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Pre-Race Night 2003 - Furnace Creek | |
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Race Morning - Badwater | |
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Furnace Creek | |
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Stovepipe Wells | |
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Townes Pass | |
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Whitney Portal Road | |
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Finish Line | |
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Jim Bodoh | |
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What Am I Doing Here? By Jim Bodoh | |
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Chris Hendley | |
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From Doing Everything Wrong and Finishing to Doing Everything Right and Everything Going Wrong and Not Finishing! By Chris Hendley | |
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Ben Jones | |
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It Was 135 at the Badwater 135 By Ben Jones | |
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Now the Fun Starts | |
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A View from the Crew | |
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Go Ahead, Call Me Crazy to Volunteer To Help Someone Run Across Death Valley In July, But You Just Don't Know What You're Missing | |
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Badwater - Prerace Preparations | |
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Badwater-The Start | |
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Furnace Creek | |
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Stovepipe Wells | |
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Townes Pass | |
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Panamint Springs | |
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Father Crowley Point, Darwin, Owens Flats | |
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Portals Road | |
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Finish | |
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Appendix: 2003 Badwater Ultramarathon Results | |
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Epilogue | |
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The "Long, Comfortable Road" Never Ends | |
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The Author | |
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Credits | |
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Further Reading | |