This was the day that wasn’t supposed to happen. Friday is expo day at Western States and ATRA was to have a booth in Squaw Valley and talk about our Google Maps Trekker expedition. Friday was also our make-up day if there were any unforeseen issues. Unfortunately we did have equipment issues on Monday and… Read more »
This morning the trekker team was privileged to have Ann Trason join for the journey from Foresthill to the River Crossing. The 16 mile journey was completed in 5:57:07 (including breaks), descended 3500’ with 1100’ of climbing. Our team photographer Myke Hermsmeyer strapped on the ultimate camera – the trekker backpack – for the first… Read more »
The trekker team was restocked today with a new group of volunteers to carry the 50 pound street view panoramic imaging backpack 20 miles from Last Chance (mile 43.3) to Foresthill (mile 62). The Wednesday Trekker team lead by ATRA’s Richard Bolt was Robert Rhodes from Bay Trailrunners, Matthew Hook, Chris Streeter, Ben Bosch, Avesh… Read more »
After fixing trekker battery charger issues on Monday, the trekker team hit the trail again on Tuesday with a fresh complement of volunteers and fully charged batteries. Richard Bolt, Mike Kreaden, Dan Baxley, Matthew Hook (driver) and Myke Hermsmeyer (photographer) left Foresthill early in the morning for the hour plus drive to the Duncan Canyon… Read more »
Three #WesternStatesTrekker team members left Squaw at 8 AM in a sea of runners competing in the Broken Arrow Skyrace. Richard Bolt, Ross McMahan and Steve Tjiang hiked uphill while Ted McCarthy ran backwards on the course from Duncan Canyon to meet the team and JP Donovan drove the support vehicle. About 2 miles in… Read more »
This coming Sunday our Western States Trekker will kick off in Squaw Valley resort at the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run starting line. To make this project possible we’ve received generous support from several ATRA corporate members and trail runners who have volunteered their time to be part of the trekker team. The trekker team… Read more »
Our friends at Trail Runner Magazine picked up the Western States Trekker story: “Using Google Trekker, a team of trail runners plans to capture panoramic imagery from the iconic trail. Many trail runners aspire to one day run the Western States Endurance Run, the world’s oldest 100-mile trail race. In the meantime, Western States hopefuls,… Read more »
Competitor Magazine wrote about our Western States Trekker project. Ever wonder what a trail race course really looks like before you run it? Google Maps is working on a way for you to find out. Three years ago, Google made the Grand Canyon the inaugural subject of its Street View Trekker, a wearable backpack system… Read more »
The American Trail Running Association (ATRA) is excited to announce its Western States Trekker project. This coming June, ATRA will capture panoramic “street-view” imagery of the entire 100-mile Western States trail using Google Map’s backpack-mounted camera system. The resulting imagery will enable fans of the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run to view the entire… Read more »
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