Tough Mudder - Whistler

Hullo bears and not-a-bears! I am reporting to you today from the ski-mecca of Whistler, BC. Today, we are off to watch Tough Mudder 2014 - a 20 km (err...12 mile?) obstacle course designed by British Special Forces. It will be an adventure! I am going as a reporter and Mama is going as a spectator - we are going to watch Mama's partner and team compete!

In case you didn't know, Whistler hosted a bunch of the 2010 Winter Olympic events - this was the ski jump! It looks beary different in the summer.

After much preparation - they are off! There are 20 obstacles... this is #2  called Blades of Glory - it looks beary challenging. But they all got over it.

And then there was Walk the Plank - where they had to jump off that platform into 15 feet of cold water. Did you know that all the participants had to sign a death waiver?

Whew... it is beary hot out in the sun - and we can't see all the obstacles - only the first three, a middle one and the last three... so now we wait...

This obstacles is called Balls to the Walls... they have to climb up ropes and get over that wall - it was beary challenging. But the purpose of the event is to finish and not be first. It is to help teammates... and if you can't do an obstacle - then that is OK too.

The last obstacle was called Electro-shock Therapy and they had to run through hanging wires which had 10,000 volts - quite shocking! We watched many people go through and lots fell in the mud and came out looking beary dirty!

But our team did it!! They all got headbands - most of them because this was their first time. People who have done it before got different headbands with x2 or x3 on it... they are known as Legionnaires!  I don't think I will be doing this anytime soon - I don't think my fur would ever come clean!

Whew... and then a drive to Vancouver where we are staying - that is the Squamish Chief in the background - where people do rock climbing - that sounds like fun!