OOA Show Episode 126, Hero Beavers and Yoga Pants

  A pair of industrious Utah beavers are being heralded for their part in saving a diesel spill from contaminating Willard Bay. The semi-aquatic rodents with mad damn-building skills became saturated in fuel. Wildlife officials have captured and transported the pair to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah, where they seem to be stable and recovering. Good on ya, Beavers! News:

• Patagonia Alpine Climbing Athlete, Hayden Kennedy, is the keynote speaker for this year’s Ogden Climbing Festival!
• SLC Father-Son Team Withdraw from Amazing Race
• Big Bucks Donated to Yellowstone National Park for on-time Spring Opening
• Snowbasin Discovery Pass on Sale March 23rd
• PCMR Into’s Teen-Specific Group-Ride Program
• Alta in April
• Women of Rock in HD
• Bouldering & Speed Climbing 2020 Olympic Bid
• Surfers vs. SUPers
• First Women Tandem Descent of Celestial Falls
• Tarawera Ultra Results
• San Diego Beach Seal Abuse
• Mountain Lion has Dachshund for Lunch
• Live Deer in Car Trunk

Events:

• March 22^nd – 23^rd – Antelope Island Buffalo Run
• March 23^rd – Chariot Races at Weber County Fairgrounds
• March 23^rd – Wolf Mountain Closes for Season – Pond skim, Rail Jam Retro
• March 29^th – Weber Pathways Presents Dinner w/Pete Fromm
• April 12-14^th – GEAR:30 Sponsored 6^th Annual Ogden Climbing Festival
• April 13^th – 15^th Annual Spring Session at Powder Mountain
• April 27^th – GEAR:30 Sponsored - No Limits Half & 5K

Adventure Brief: Indian Trail - Mixed dirt, slush, and ice. GEAR:30:

• Black Diamond Rep Jack Tackle on Climbing in Alaska
• Yoga Pants Too Revealing, Called From Shelves
• Updated Nemo Website
• Gregory’s Alpaca 22 Named “Best Luggage”
• Marmot’s New Isotherm Hoody ISPO Gold Award Winner

My Lands: Didn't get this on the show, so here's the link - National Parks Being Lobbied to Give Up Water Bottles Quote of the Week: “I could see myself in a relationship with a girl; Olivia Wilde is so sexy she makes me want to strangle a mountain ox with my bare hands. She's mesmerizing.” - Megan Fox (This is what happens when you Google 'mountains' and 'quote.' “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”- Edmund Hillary (That's better...)