Kashurba tackles Badwater ultramarathon.AMAA AMAA - Advanced Medical Assistant of America AMAA - Afghan Medical Association of America AMAA - Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 AMAA - Aircraft Monitor Control AMAA - Airman Apprentice, Aircraft Structural Mechanic Striker (Naval rating) AMAA - American Maine-Anjou Association AMAA - American Medical Athletic Association AMAA - Armenian Missionary Association of America, Inc. AMAA - Army Mutual Aid Association member Mary Kashurba, M.D. (age 47) crossed the finish line of the 135-mile Badwater ultramarathon in only 44 hours and 8 minutes--she was the fifth woman to finish! This invitational race was held July 22-24, starting in Death Valley Death Valley National Park, 3,367,628 acres (1,363,412 hectares), a protected region of Death Valley, was established as a national monument in 1933 and designated a national park in 1994. See also National Parks and Monuments (table). (elev. 280 feet below sea level sea level, the level of the sea, which serves as the datum used for measurement of land elevations and ocean depths. Theoretically, one would expect sea level to be a fixed and permanent horizontal surface on the face of the earth, and as a starting approximation, this is true.) and ending on Mt. Whitney (elev. 8,360 feet). Dr. Kashurba reports that it was over 130 degrees fahrenheit F on the first day of the race. Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32°F and the boiling point as 212°F at one atmosphere of pressure. For more information on this event and for photos of Dr. Kashurba following her finish, go to www.bad waterultra.com/2003webcast/index.htm. |
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