Written by: Dan Maas
5/3/2009 

What are your summer plans?  A little reading, perhaps some exploring... even some writing?  That's what I have in mind and maybe some of you will join me!  I am signed up to run the Pikes Peak Ascent with my father and brother.  Training to run 13 miles up to the top of a 14,110' mountain is no small task and will take a considerable amount of training during the summer.  I hope to make it up to or near 14,000 feet at least six times in preparation for the race.  We will head into the mountains of Colorado to train by camping at high altitudes and taking as many runs up the big peaks as we can.

How can you come along?  Visit my personal blog: http://summitseeking.blogspot.com/ where I will keep tabs on the runs. We will carry some communications technologies with us because I noticed last year that I could often hit cellular services from the summits of many Colorado peaks.  So here's what we'll do:

My father (Fred Maas) will carry a small Ham Radio and communicate with other Ham Operators using Morse Code.

I will carry a small netbook computer equipped with a cellular modem and will broadcast live ustream.tv streaming videos from the tops of Colorado peaks.

My son (Calvin Maas, age 15) will carry a cell phone to send twitter updates and add to his facebook page along the way.

If you are looking for a little summer reading and writing... keep tabs on us at the blog! 

So what are YOU going to be doing this summer.......?

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