Tag: chilly hilly
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Man who had heart attack during Chilly Hilly doing well, quick action by riders may have saved his life
As though you needed another reason to get certified in CPR, here’s a big one. A man participating in the annual Chilly Hilly collapsed while biking up one of the route’s namesake hills, but fast action by nearby riders trained in CPR, the Cascade Bicycle Club emergency communication system, Bainbridge Island first responders and Washington…
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Sunday’s Chilly Hilly ride likely to be ‘chilly,’ guaranteed to be ‘hilly’
Cascade Bicycle Club’s first big ride event of the year is Sunday. Every year, tons of people pack the Seattle-to-Bainbridge ferry for the Chilly Hilly. The route is a loop around Bainbridge Island, so the “hilly” part is guaranteed. And weather forecasts as of Friday morning show temperatures in the low 40s, so the “chilly”…
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Chilly Hilly storms Bainbridge + STP sells out in record time
The biking season is officially underway as Cascade Bicycle Club’s 40th Annual Chilly Hilly took over Bainbridge Island Sunday. For the club’s first ride of the year, hundreds or people packed the ferries for a cruise around Bainbridge Island’s relentless hills (2,675 feet of climbing in 33 miles). Meanwhile, it was snowing sporadically around the…
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Thousands ride up and down hills in freezing rain and slush
3,700 riders rode 33 miles of long climbs on Bainbridge Island in near-freezing weather with rain and slush yesterday. The crowd was a couple thousand people short of last year’s record-breaking 6,029 people who showed up in great weather for the ride. So how much climbing is involved on this ride? Rider kmwoley posted the…
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