14:11 minutes. Video link https://youtu.be/_JLERwk7gCQ Although Telluride was named after the mineral ‘tellurium” and not from a derivative of the phrase, “To HELL You Ride,” supposedly uttered by initial groups of white people making it over the high mountain passes to the box canyon mining town. Dewa and i mined s(om)ething far more priceless than […]
15:12 minutes. go here now: https://youtu.be/mJ9fLLf7BUE Our experience creates our reality. Our reality creates our Truth. Imagine being 14 years old from the “other side of the tracks” when it comes to ski racing against many other more well heeled families and programs to finally after two years of finishing last, then middle of the […]
NOW: Video link https://youtu.be/HixVJA7pVwA 10.28 minutes Enjoy skiing with Dewa and i up in Silverton, home of the Hardrock 100, during their most precious season of basically NOBODY being up there! Then? After safely traversing one of “America’s Most Dangerous Highways” … Be inspired by Dewa’s out of the ballpark Overall Podium at a Collegiate […]
16.40 minutes. video link: https://youtu.be/EefthEQ_VCU After 2 days of Jr. National Qualifier racing in Winter Park, Dewa (14) returns to within the Four Sacred Peaks and celebrates – in 15/15 shots/hits – style with an OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP in the Pagosa Springs 4k Nordic Biathlon. Daddy does solid with a 3rd Overall Podium in the 16k […]
NOW: Video link https://youtu.be/84uWGIJjtOU 17 minutes. After epic GoPro footage of my Hogsback fat tire/peak climb to add kindling to your own inner fire, enjoy a road trip to “Icebox of Colorado” for 2 days of Nordic racing for Dewa (14) at the Winter Park Junior National Qualifier! Both Classic and Skate suffering was on […]
NOW: Video link https://youtu.be/-FxSHWgmTXY 15.59 minutes. 2 days of Nordic racing shared by myself and Dewa (14) at the 49th running of the prestigious Chama Chile Ski Classic in northern New Mexico. 4 events. 4 disciplines. 10,000’+ elevation. 45 year age difference. Immerse yourself in our sacred suffering and resultant inner joy at winning 3 […]
pic of Steve Ilg, multi-time King of the Mountain, racing at the Chama Chile Ski Classic a few years ago. photo by Pat Hogan. Cumbres Pass, NM – Fresh off a 1-2 father and daughter win at the Purgatory Rando (uphill/downhill) Race the previous weekend, Steve (59) and Dewachen (14) Ilg kept their nordic […]
NOW: Video link https://youtu.be/RYXnA9ZQBqw ilgVlog144; Rando Redemption! 15.12 minutes. It took a long year of training, visualizing, and patience but “Team DadWa” (Daddy and Dewa) did what it took to give another Noble Effort at the Purgatory Rando (uphill/downhil) Race the day after we both raced to Nordic track podiums at Cloman Park in […]
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