Extremeheads.com Links

Links to the Badwater Ultramarathon  

http://www.badwaterultra.com  
Official website of the Badwater Ultramarathon. Infos about participants, additional race reports and stories from the past years.

http://www.badwaterbenjones.com Badwater Mayor Ben Jones and his First Lady Denise present on their homepage lots of information about and around the race.

http://fox.nstn.ca/~dblaikie/n24jy98a.html Badwater participant Fred Vance gives an account on his experiences.

http://www.ultrarunner.org/bdwtr/bdwtr.htm Peyton Robinson, the webmaster of ultrarunner.org, has as well some infos and photos about the hell of Badwater at hand.

http://www.geocities.com/~ultrarun/fire_and_ice.htm How is a runner getting prepared for a race like the Badwater Ultramarathon? Here you'll find an answer. 

Links to the Death Valley

http://www.nps.gov/deva/  

http://www.deathvalley.com  

http://www.death.valley.national-park.com  

http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/US_National_Park/ca/peo_dv.htm
Infos, maps, hints and more about the Californian National Park of the Death Valley.

http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/docs/usgsnps/deva/deva1.html Start to a vitual tour through the geology of the "hottest, driest and lowest spot" in North America.

http://www.nps.gov/deva/FrameSet_natural.html The scientists among you want to have look a this site. Infos about the flora and fauna in the Death Valley.

http://www.nps.gov/deva/FrameSet-weather.html How’s the wheather in the Death Valley? Well, it is sunny and damn hot, that’s for sure. Details on this page.

http://www.shundahai.org/

http://www3.iwvisp.com/blm/report/
The Death Valley is the homeland of the Timbisha Shoshone tribe. Click here to find out more about these Indians. 

Himalaya-Links

http://www.everest2000.com  
There is something going on at the Himalayas. Have a look at the booming tourism "industry" in Asia’s mountains.

http://www.everestnews.com/  
How are things up there? On this site hikers will find anything they need to know about the "roof of the world".

http://www.mountainguides.com/ Are you now in right mood for conquering the world’s highest mountains. Want to check out, how your feet look like deeply frozen? Interested in experiencing the effects of oxigen deficiency? Want to see, how the world looks like, if you are snow blind? Then go to this site and book your own expedition. 

Extreme-Skiing Links

http://mountainzone.com/ski/  
Why, for heaven’s sake, are human beings skiing down a mountain like the Mt Everest? Check out, if you can find an answer here.