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RECORD: Lithuanian Runner Sets 2 Running Records. Lithuanian runner Aleksandr Sorokin
set two new world records on Saturday for the 100-mile and 12-hour run. He ran the 100-mile distance in 11:14:56 (
Zach Bitter set the previous record of 11:19:18 in 2019), and a distance of 105 miles for the 12-hour world record.
I was 23 when I started backcountry skiing. I’d been recreating in the mountains my entire life, resort skiing, backpacking, and climbing volcanoes in the Cascades. I’d taken a National Outdoor Leadership School mountaineering course, and I was writing for a ski magazine. And yet I felt completely lost about where to start. So I borrowed some gear and took an American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) Level 1 course, which at the time seemed like the only way to begin.
AIARE’s three-day recreational Level 1 comprises 24 hours of education, usually about eight hours of classroom learning followed by two eight-hour field days, and offers a crash course in snow safety, avalanche terrain, and companion rescue. It has long been the standard entry point for backcountry beginners.