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AZT Training: Passage #19 Superstition Wilderness

December 14, 2010 by Arizona Trail
Trailhead for Thompson trail 121 near Roosevelt Lake

On December 10th, Team Armstrong went on another team training hike. This time we hiked on Arizona Trail passage #19: The Superstition Wilderness; which is located near Roosevelt Lake.

After leaving Sensei’s house at 5:30 am we arrived at the Roosevelt Lake Marina visitors center at approximately 7:45; after some quick prep work and sharing stories with the lady at the desk about Alligators and Big Foot being spotted on the trail, we started hiking at approximately 8:30 am.

We hiked through 8 miles of some of the most beautiful scenery Arizona has to offer. We started in an cactus filled desert landscape overlooking Roosevelt Lake and hiked across several springs with beautiful oak trees, through dried rocky washes, and fought through what felt like a forest of thicket with 4 inch needles. All while carrying 35 – 40 lbs in our backpacks on terrain the Arizona Trail Organization listed as Difficult.

Training Hikes and New Sponsors

November 28, 2010 by Arizona Trail
Arizona Trail Logo

As the Arizona Trail hike draws closer Team Armstrong has been stepping up our efforts to prepare for the 800 mile trek across Arizona. We created a Training Hike schedule for the rest of the year (Schedule) and just last weekend we hiked the Arizona trail in Flagstaff. It was a great hike but also […]

Mike on the drums (audio)

July 16, 2010 by Musician
Mike Armstrong on the drums

Aside from being an adventurer and martial artist Sensei Mike Armstrong is also a very talented drummer. Below are a couple of drum solos Mike recorded during a session back in April 2007. Enjoy the tunes! Drum Solo #1 Drum Solo #2 *Click play on the individual track to listen*

Adventure TEAM Challenge

June 17, 2010 by Athlete
Adventure TEAM Challenge

On Friday June 25th, Sensei Mike Armstrong will be traveling to Colorado to join the Adventure TEAM Challenge. Sensei Mike will not be the only handicap person there, as this is a race geared to challenge those with handicaps. The race will consist of trail running, whitewater rafting, rock climbing, mountain biking, and many more challenges.

Training Hike: Mt. Humphreys – Update

June 1, 2010 by Arizona Trail
Arizona Trail Sign

Team Armstrong started the day at about 7AM and found Mt. Humpreys to have quite a bit of snow on it, making it difficult to find the trail. We reached the summit (12,500 ft) after approximately 7 hours of hiking, and after taking a few shortcuts finished the hike at about 7pm; making it a 12 hour day. We are sore and tired but it was a great hike, the snow made it much more technical than usual.

Mike Armstrong on African drums

May 30, 2010 by Mt. Kilimanjaro Musician

When we went to Africa we spent the first day visiting the Mwereni Integrated School for the Blind. As the Foundation for Blind Children was going to donate 52 braille writers to the school. To celebrate our arrival the school put on quite an extraordinary show of song, dance and even African drums.

Seeing as how Mike is a drummer he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to give the school a show as well.