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This news just in from Africa — BoldRush bars help climbers reach summit of the highest mountain in Africa! BoldRush powerfood bars were devoured at 7,000 feet, and again near the top of Mount Kilimanjaro at 17,500 feet, making them the highest BoldRush bars to be consumed in the world.

Jenny Trapnell reports, “Your [...]

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Opening up

After I filed my first article from Corner Brook after the opening of the 1999 Canada Winter Games, the curmudgeonly editor of the Yukon News told me to cut out the rah rah rah stuff. That was a tough gig, writing objective media stories while my insides were crying out to cheer on our Yukon [...]

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It’s easy to get behind. The immediate things get pushed ahead, and past things sometimes just settle in where they were left. Fortunately, my visit to Dawson last weekend had 13-year old Miriam Moore dust off the team photo of the girls we sponsored with BoldRush for the Kluane Chilkoot International Bike Relay [...]

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Run like the wind

Checkpoint four at Canadian customs was draped in a black drizzling fog as runners huddled in parkas or warmed themselves in vehicles waiting for their team number to be announced. Most of the runners found their teammates, but others, ahead of schedule had to keep running or search for their next in line amongst lines [...]

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No wall

The other day I needed to put together a quick list of quotes on what different people have said about BoldRush protein juice and bars.
I’d forgotten to ask Pauline Hanburg-Frost about her impressions. Pauline drank BoldRush steadily for her record shattering 49 hour marathon paddle from Whitehorse to Dawson this past June. She [...]

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Packed up bottles and bars this week for the Shipyard School Raid, a 7-day staged sailing /rowing race from Gabriola Island, B.C. to Port Townsend, Washington.
Sent a huge bag of BoldRush bars to bridge players in Calgary. Apparently bridge players eat these things all day. (The bars were kindly co-packaged for shipping with Yukon’s Beans [...]

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When Keith was ready to quit and saw the white 4×4 rolling down the gravel path, he was puking in the bushes and missed his chance to flag the driver down for a lift. Keith kept going .
When Bill was ready to quit, a buddy showed up, kept talking and talking, and finally encouraged him [...]

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Bill Matiation reached each checkpoint, downed a bottle of BoldRush protein juice and left carrying a bottle in each hand. Halfway through the second leg he bolted past James saying, “This is great stuff!” James realized that Bill had just experienced a BoldRush moment. A well-trained and long-time bush runner, Bill ran the entire 50 [...]

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How’d you like to run a 125 km on potato chips, cliff bars and gatorade? That’s exactly what Wade Smith, James’ brother did two weeks ago at the Canadian Death Race in Grande Cache. He hadn’t been training all year with BoldRush so he didn’t switch products before the race. His choice was absolutely understandable, [...]

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People drinking BoldRush

So who are Jenny and Su? They were there at the beginning -well not the real beginning – but close to the beginning.
Two days before the start of the 2005 Yukon River Quest, Su Green, Jenny Trapnell and I cooked up two 24 litre batches of BoldRush over a propane turkey basting stand [...]

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