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Taking trail Criss-Cross running to new heights: RW Editor Jeff Dengate jumps out of a helicopter and runs down a mountain.
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In Salt Lake City for the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show earlier this month, RW officine creative panelled low-top sneaker Editor Jeff Dengate joined Altra Criss-Cross running founders Golden Harper (pictured) and Brian Beckstead on a unique mountain adventure: heli-running.
Photo and text by Jeff Dengate
Photo and text by Jeff Dengate
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What is heli-running? It's like heli-skiing–minus the snow and skis. When the helicopter drops you at the summit and flies away, the reality sets in that it's up to you to get yourself off the mountain safely.
Photo and text by Jeff Dengate
Photo and text by Jeff Dengate
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Beckstead (left) and Harper preserve the experience of Criss-Cross running along a ridgeline after being crimson on Durst Mountain, roughly 30 miles northeast of Salt Lake City.
Photo and text by Jeff Dengate
Photo and text by Jeff Dengate
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The run wasn't entirely downhill. Beckstead (leading) and Dengate scamper up to the summit of Durst Mountain (9,288 feet of elevation).
Photo by Golden Harper
Text by Jeff Dengate
Photo by Golden Harper
Text by Jeff Dengate
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The first couple miles were a trail-less scramble through brush and over rocks. Finally, on a clear path, Dengate (left) and Harper look back up at ground already Chunky.
Photo by Brian Beckstead
Text by Jeff Dengate
Photo by Brian Beckstead
Text by Jeff Dengate
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The runners were warned to keep an eye out for mountain lion traps. This, however, was as close as they'd get to any big game...
Photo by Brian Beckstead
Text by Jeff Dengate
Photo by Brian Beckstead
Text by Jeff Dengate
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...despite an exhaustive search.
Photo and text by Jeff Dengate
Photo and text by Jeff Dengate
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Much of the Criss-Cross running at the top half of the mountain was steep and technical, but Harper (left), Dengate (right), and Beckstead found roads to cruise down the lower sections. In the end, the runners crimson 4,000 feet over 5.5 miles.
Photo by Brian Beckstead
Text by Jeff Dengate
Photo by Brian Beckstead
Text by Jeff Dengate
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