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March 10, 2005
Winter Escapes
Tri club members dangled by their fingers tips and rolled around in the snow this winter at two new club events where our swimmers, cyclists and runners learned how to rock climb and cross country ski.
Some 25 triathletes and their families gathered on January 8th at Planet Rock gym in Ann Arbor. The evening began with a lesson on how to belay - or man the ropes so that the climber doesn’t slip and fall to his death. Then club members spent several hours scaling – or making grand attempts at scaling – the gym’s 50-foot walls.
Three short weeks later, several dozen club members made the three-hour trek north to Cross Country Ski Headquarters in Roscommon, Mich. to frolic in the snow. Instructors first taught the classic style of cross country skiing (picture legs sliding back and forth in grooves much like a Nordic track.) Then in the afternoon, the lessons advanced to the much-faster skating method of cross country skiing (more like the motion of rollerblading with long sticks of wood tied to your feet.) Both events were organized in an effort to get club members together during the off-season. A big thanks to Tim Furbacher for planning the Planet Rock trip and Ben and Wendy Caldwell for planning the ski trip.
Any member who would like to sponsor a club event (this is your chance to con fellow club members into trying a sport that you can beat them at!), contract Tim at tim@aatriclub.org.
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