The Ski and Bike shop, Grand Fork's one and only LBS (local bike shop) has generously donated 20 compasses to Ground UP adventures! The compasses will make their debut at the Kids orienteering challenge at family fun night, in Lincoln park on July 26th. Ski and bike will also be providing Ski and bike water bottles as prizes (while supplies last) for intrepid adventurers who are able to "clear the course". See you there!
Oh Yeah! Make sure to check out the teaser for our 24 hour adventure race which will start running tonight in every theater, before every movie, at River Cinema in East Grand Forks. Depending on what flick you're seeing, it may be the even more exciting than the main attraction! Enjoy.....
Ground UP adventures has some fun in store for area families that attend the GF parks and rec "Family Fun Night" on July 26th in Lincoln park. We'll have a booth set up where kids and families can get basic instruction in map and compass navigation and then try their hand at it by challenging a 3 or 6 point orienteering course (GUP will provide the map and compass) to win a prize. See you there!
Andy Magness, GUP chairman, was on the "Hear it Now" radio show on Prairie Public yesterday, talking about adventure racing - listen to the interview HERE.
GUP's family adventure race, scheduled to take place in and around the Grand Forks Greenway on July 23rd, will be rescheduled. The high amounts of rainfall and late spring this year has much of the greenway still under water, and although things are expected to start trying out this week, there is lots of clean-up needed before the area will be fully useable. The decision comes after deliberation with Grand Forks Greenway specialist, Kim Greendahl, and members of GUP's planning committee. The race will be rescheduled for sometime in the late summer or early fall.
The boat house proposal is on the agenda at the June 28th city council meeting in East Grand Forks. If you're in town and have an opinion, or just wish to show your support, stop on by! Meeting starts at 7 pm in the EGF city hall. Hope to see you there!
The unthinkable has happened! Jason Magness - Ground UP member, captain of Team Yogaslackers, and Northern Heights rock gym co-founder has finally gotten hitched. Joining him at the makeshift altar in the back of a hidden San Diego sea cave was pint-sized spitfire Chelsey Gribbon. The two make quite the power couple and are skipping the traditional honeymoon for a hectic schedule of adventure racing and acro and slackline yoga teaching. Congrats guys!
The 1 life tour has begun - follow a group of four local Central high school boys (from right here in Grand Forks) as they undertake a bike ride along the pacific ocean from the Canadian to Mexican borders over six weeks. The group will raise money for a local Altru charitable program enroute. Sounds like an awesome adventure - these guys definitely have the Ground UP spirit. Click on the link above to check out their progress, cheer em on, see their photos, or donate to their cause. Good luck!
The hardest race in North Dakota, the Extreme North Dakota Adventure race (END-AR24) returns in 2011 over labour day weekend. Do you have what it takes? Find out more information and register at www.endracing.com
