OOA Show Episode 124, Piranhas, Dope Testing, & Wizardry

Ogden Kayak Park - Photo Credit: Mark Bokish We leave February with temperatures creeping up into the 40's. Soon, ice and snow covered rivers will fill with Spring run-off, and whitewater paddlers will once again take advantage. Don't miss out! Learn how to paddle. Click here for details. News:

• Runaway Bald Eagle Captured
• Utahan takes 2013 PhatCat Groomer Challenge
• “Productive” Gray Wolf Hunting Season
• Couple Thought Kidnapped in Peru Forgot to Call
• Great White Kills Award-Winning Film Producer
• Mitchel Repeats SUP Championships
• Billabong Signs Laura Enever, You’re Welcome Guys
• Climate Report Predicts Piranhas
• Ice Fishermen Dope Tested

Events:

• March 1-3 - USA Climbing American Boulder Series Youth National Championships. Eight Utah competitors will be participating in this weekends championship rounds in Colorado Springs. Current National Champion Nathaniel Coleman and six team mates from Team Momentum . Ogden area climbers Austin Hansel (Evolv, Team Momentum, and Gear:30) and Devin Hammonds of the The Front Climbing Team.
• March 4-9 – Wilderness First Responder Course $270/$390 – Wilderness Medicine of Utah
• March 6th – Powder Mountain Night Jam 5pm. FREE w/lift pass
• March 6th – 10th – Wasatch PowderKeg 10th Annual @ Brighton
• March 7th – Snowbasin Blood Drive
• March 8th – Fly Fishing Film Tour 2013 – Peery’s Egyptian Theater (proceeds to to the Ogden River Restoration)
• March 9th – O’Nordic Championship Ski Race
• March 9th – Weber Pathways Weekend Snowshoe at North Fork Park 10am – 1pm
• March 15–16 – Ski Photography Workshop OVBA, Snowbasin
• March 16th – Winter Wizardry SLUG Games - Featuring an enchanting course where riders will be forced to level up while dodging Ice Trolls, Mystical Dragons, and fellow Orcs alike. - Snowbasin
• March 16th – On-Snow Demo Benefitting Snowbasin Adaptive Sports
• March 16th – The Front Climbing Club Clipping Classic Comp
• March 16th - GEAR:30 Intro to Whitewater Kayaking Class, $150 includes boats & 3-days instruction!
• March 19th – GEAR:30 Intro to Whitewater Kayaking Class Day 2
• March 23rd – GEAR:30 Intro to Whitewater Kayaking Class Day 3
• April 12-14th – 6th Annual Ogden Climbing Festival
• April 13th – 15th Annual Spring Session at Powder Mountain
• June 7-8th – Rockwell Relay Series: Moab to St. George
• July 20th – Rockwell Relay Series: Pamperfest Challenge

Visit Weber Pathways and Ogden Nature Center Websites for more events… GEAR:30:

• Singing Rock Via Ferrata Easy Go XP Recall
• Vibram Five Finger May Carry Bone Injury Risk
• Outdoor Research Earns 5 Design Awards
• DownTek Expanding Partnerships
• Dale of Norway – Check it

My Lands: Woods Cross has choice to pay for clean water. “Yard by yard, it’s very hard. But inch by inch, it’s a cinch.” – Anon.