1. BADWATER 2008 The year of the storms.

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34. Day One—Changes! By Steve Matsuda Posted July 14, 2008 at 11:00 p.m. PST As the first day of the 2008 Badwater Ultramarathon turns slowly to night, there are more dramatic changes occurring on the race course. The approach of dusk finds most runners at Stovepipe Wells, mile 42 of the course, or beyond. There are, however, many runners still finishing their trek through Death ValleyStovepipe Wells marks a milestone point of the race, the transition from the heat of Death Valley to the nearly 5,000 foot, 17 mile climb up Townes Pass. A chance for crews and runners to rest, swap stories, restock crew vehicles. But by this point in the 2008 race, bad news spreads like wildfire. The course is impassible ahead at Keeler. Heavy rains in Lone Pine have closed Hwy 190. Getting to Lone Pine and finishing at Mount Whitney is not possible. A new plan is devised. Racers will run the standard course to the junction of the 190 and 136 highways and then TURN AROUND and run back to Panamint Springs.

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40. Race officials spread the word of the revised course. Runners and crew are informed, plans are changed, and hotel reservations in Lone Pine are canceled. Then, just hours later… the road is open! The plan has changed again. We’re back to the original course! Race officials are sent out to the spread the word again. On to Mount Whitney!

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73. Memories of past Badwaters

74. 2002

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78. 2006

79. 2007

80. 2008

81. BADWATER - CONSECUTIVE FINISHES 2008 8 Scott Weber (94-01) 7Marshall Ulrich (98-05) Ian Parker (02-08) John Radich (02-08) 5Jack Denness (98-02) Art Webb (98-02, 04-08) Steve Silver (99-03) Ruben Cantu (00-04) Monica Scholz (02-06)