MK Livin' – The Mountain Khakis Blog 
KBUT hosted the 4th Annual Women’s Arm Wrestling at The Talk of the Town in Crested butte, Colorado on Saturday, February 25th. Over 200 people attended to see 20 contestants do their best in double elimination to take home the 2012 Women’s Arm Wrestling Championship.
All proceeds of this event benefitted KBUT Community Radio, and winners were awarded prizes and gift certificates, including Mountain Khakis!
MK Ambassador and 3-Time World Champion Skeet Shooter Hayes Wauford (far right) won the 3rd Annual Blaser Skeet Classic held at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio. Hayes broke 399 out of 400 targets to win the High Over All Event. Hayes also finished Runner Up in the 20 and 28 Gauge Events and 3rd in the .410 Bore Event. The tournament hosted 272 shooters from across the United States. Hayes’ next competition will be the Krieghoff Masters held in Savannah, GA in May.
With a busy start to the month of April and three consecutive weekends of events in a row, Team BGB-MK put racing season into full gear by driving north just over the Tennessee state line to Johnson City for the first USAC sanctioned Downhill race of 2012. A single race day at ETSU which included both Downhill and Dual Slalom meant, you had better eat your Wheaties and get LOTS of rest the night before….. it’s gonna be a LOOONNNNG day!
The trip was hit with very windy (70+ mph) winds for the first few days of the scouting expedition along with very scoured snow after multiple strong rain days followed by freezing temps. Parks Canada reported multiple feet of loss snowpack. Have some interesting video of the conditions and working on putting together an edit. Yukon was the opposite story of just very snowy cold days and 1 blue bird day for a few good photos and great video. It was also great being off the grid in the Yukon and depending on solar power and fire for cooking meals, etc.
Arbor Day 2012! One great way to insure our forest lands to to foster an appreciation for trees in the young minds of 3rd graders. For the last 6-years I have had the pleasure of providing a tree for every 3rd grader in Jerome County Idaho to take home and [...]