AdventureCORPS Presents
CORPScamp Death Valley, February 25-28, 2013

Slideshows:

	Day 1 Slideshow by Chris Kostman: February 25 (Monday): Ride Artist Drive and Artist's Palette, Yoga
	Day 2 Slideshow by Chris Kostman and Laurie Kostman: February 26 (Tuesday): Ride to Stovepipe Wells, Wildrose Station, or Emigrant Pass and back, and Yoga, followed by a pizza picnic at the Furnace Creek Ranch
	Day 3 Slideshow by Chris Kostman: February 27 (Wednesday): Ride Zabriskie Point and Death Valley Junction, Hiking Golden Canyon - Gower Gulch, then Yoga
	Day 4 Slideshow by Chris Kostman: February 28 (Thursday): Ride to the Scotty's Castle Road, then ascend Mud Canyon to Hell's Gate and back to Furnace Creek, Yoga, and then dinner at the Marquez Room at the Furnace Creek Inn
	George Vargas' blog report about CORPScamp

A wonderful annual AdventureCORPS tradition continued in Mother Nature's Greatest Sports Arena when 47 cyclists and 4 supporters converged for CORPScamp™ Death Valley on Februarty 25-28, 2013. Participants came from CA (11), FL (2), GA (1), IA (1), ID (2), IL (3), MN (2), MO (1), OH (5), OR (5), PA (2), VA (2), WA (1), and nine from Canada BC (1), ON (4), and QC (4)!

CORPScamp Death Valley is our annual cycling lifestyle camp based in Furnace Creek and featuring up to 300 miles of epic, one-of-a-kind cycling in and around “Mother Nature’s Greatest Sports Arena,” Death Valley National Park. We've been producing events here since 1990 and never tire of sharing one of the world's most dramatic, inspiring, and unusual landscapes. From the first few desert flowers of spring to snow-capped mountains, we saw it all by bicycle during this camp!

Each day began with Laurie leading the Ron Jones Dynamic Warm Up, then featured a wonderful ride in this beautiful, traffic-free National Park with fueling by Hammer Nutrition, and more. Each afternoon included a CORPSyoga class, a perfect way to unwind for each day's ride and prepare tired muscles for another day of cycling and adventure the next day. These Yoga For Cyclists classes were folllowed by "Low Tea": post-yoga social time with herbal tea at 180 feet below sea level. An "Anti-Oxidant Recovery Program" one evening included chocolate served along with the herbal tea. We also enjoyed an incredible hike through Golden Canyon and Gower Gulch one afternoon. Social time also included a pizza picnic in the grass at the Furnace Creek Ranch, as well as a taco bar dinner together in a special, private room at the Furnace Creek Inn with a spectacular view of the Valley.

A few riders completed their first ever centuries and/or hardest ever rides at the camp. Relaxing in the spring-fed pool was another bonus, as was further unwinding at the Corkscrew Saloon. It was also neat to see everyone get stronger as the week progressed. Twenty-six of the riders stayed into the weekend in order to ride the Death Valley Century, Ultra Century, and Double Cenrury on March 2 (Results and photos.)

Everyone seemed to really connect with one another, perhaps making life-long friendships, and with the specialness of Death Valley this year. That made it a true pleasure for us to ride, practice yoga, and socialize in Death Valley for all week. Thanks to everyone! We hope to see you back in Death Valley again this year, at our new CORPScamp Julian in the San Diego Mountains Wine Country on April 25-19, and/or at CORPScamp Death Valley 2014!

Thanks to the wonderful team who made it all happen!

SAG Support: The amazing Steve Barnes and Jeff Bell, plus Laurie Kostman on Day 2

CORPSyoga Classes: Laurie Kostman

Sponsors: Hammer Nutrition

Special thanks are also extended to the wonderful people at the Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort, Cal Trans, and the National Park Service.

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