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April 2019
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June 2019
Blog Updates
One Austin paddler pulled more than 500 balls from Lady Bird Lake
Geoff Waters has scooped 534 balls from Lady Bird Lake in the last six months. That’s a lot of balls, and most of them - 402, to be exact - were tennis balls that probably escaped the clenches of a dog playing fetch from the shore. Waters paddles the lake frequently...
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The Trail Foundation’s fund-raiser, Twilight on the Trail, set for Nov. 3
I plod down its gravel expanse every weekend, and wheel a bike along its curves and bridges at least a couple of times a week. Like many folks who live in Austin, I think of the Butler Hike and Bike Trail as an extension of my backyard. I stop on the Pfluger...
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I wrenched my back and I’m bad at recovery
Things I don’t do well: Sit. Stay. Heal. This morning’s water ski run didn’t go as planned. The water looked smooth and almost glassy up by the Pennybacker Bridge when I zipped up my life vest, yanked on my neoprene calf sleeve (to stop bruising from water spray,...
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One Austin paddler pulled more than 500 balls from Lady Bird Lake
Geoff Waters has scooped 534 balls from Lady Bird Lake in the last six months. That’s a lot of balls, and most of them - 402, to be exact - were tennis balls that probably escaped the clenches of a dog playing fetch from the shore. Waters paddles the lake frequently...
read more
The Trail Foundation’s fund-raiser, Twilight on the Trail, set for Nov. 3
I plod down its gravel expanse every weekend, and wheel a bike along its curves and bridges at least a couple of times a week. Like many folks who live in Austin, I think of the Butler Hike and Bike Trail as an extension of my backyard. I stop on the Pfluger...
read more
I wrenched my back and I’m bad at recovery
Things I don’t do well: Sit. Stay. Heal. This morning’s water ski run didn’t go as planned. The water looked smooth and almost glassy up by the Pennybacker Bridge when I zipped up my life vest, yanked on my neoprene calf sleeve (to stop bruising from water spray,...
read more
It’s 101 degrees, but I’m planning my backcountry cocktails
Yes, the thermostat at my house is currently registering 101 degrees, but it’s never too hot to think about what cocktails might warm you up on your next backcountry ski trip. Just today, a care package arrived from my friends at Breckenridge Distillery in...
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Testimonials
Pam LeBlanc is a remarkable and fearless adventurer. She is not afraid to ‘ride the tiger’. Her writings capture the spirit and essence of her varied exploits...and she demonstrates a deep sense of stewardship for Mother Earth."
- Dan Sholly, former chief ranger of Yellowstone National Park
To read any of Pam’s reports from the field is to be whisked alongside a down-to-earth yet formidable woman with a great adventurous spirit, for the ride of your life. Her storytelling and photographs will have you yearning for the great outdoors, a new journey into yourself…or perhaps a naked run with hundreds of your closest friends!"
- Tanya Streeter, record-setting free diver and environmentalist
Pam’s perspective of seeing the world brings out the light in people, places and situations. Not only is she creative, and original, with her lighthearted humor, she always finds a ways to put a smile on your face. I always look forward to seeing her work!"
- Leo Manzano, Olympic silver medalist in the 1500 meter run
I’ve never known someone so willing to jump — sometimes literally — into her work as Pam LeBlanc. She is a writer whose prose can take you places you’ve always wanted to go — or the places you wish you could go, but probably never will."
- Debbie Hiott, former executive editor of the Austin American-Statesman and now general manager of KUT and KUTX