The "outdoor oscars," officiall called the Everest Awards, will be givien out at the start of the Teva Mountain Games in Vail, June 1. Here are the nominees:
Male Trail Runner of the Year
Karl Metzler, Anton Krupicka and Andy Ames
Female Trail Runner of the Year NIkki
Kimball, Darcy Africa and Diana Finkel
Male Mountain Biker of the Year
Chris Eatough, Duncan Riffle and Darren Barrencloth
Female Mountain Biker of the Year
Shonny Vanlandingham, Georgia Gould and Pua Sawicki
Female Paddler of the Year
Tanya Faux, Ruth Gordon and Emily Jackson
Male Paddler of the Year
Eric Jackson, Stephen Wright and Ben Stookesberry
Male Climber of the Year
Chris Sharma, Daniel Woods and Paul Robinson
Female Climber of the Year
Angie Payne, Alex Puccio and Lisa RandsMale
Multi-Sport Athlete of the Year
Josiah Middaugh, Aaron Prince and Michael Tobin
Female Multi-Sport of the Year
Sari Anderson, Sara Wallen and Melanie McQuaid
Expedition of the Year
Chris Davenport – Ski the 14ers (skied Colorado’s 54 tallest peaks in one season)
Dean Karnazes – Endurance 50 (50 marathons, in 50 states, in 50 days)
Charlie Engle – Running the Sahara (ran 4,300 miles across the desert in 111 days)
Kit Deslauriers –Seven Summits (first person to ski from the peaks of the 7 summits)
I have to admit, I recognize only a fraction of these names.
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