Ed did a great job trailbossing our event this year. We had a near-record turn out...around 100 riders.
All told, I think we did 4 preparatory rides to get the route together and verified. That place is just relentless. The route was designed with a few time-keeping sections for the fast guys and the usual extra Known at Erzberg to keep the C-riders in the game.
The weather on both Saturday for arrowing and Sunday were perfect. Conditions were dry and fast. Six of us did the arrowing on Saturday and it worked out fine. Dinner at the sports bar in Lee on Sat night, Dave S. was nice enough to buy!
I didn't really get to see much of the event on Sunday. I did my usual role of moving from point to point to make the course changes between the first and second loop. There were five spots that needed to be changed and everything went without a hitch.
The BTR guys really came out big time and manned 2 check crews. That was a huge help as well as helping with scoring.
One unfortunate thing was one rider with perhaps the nastiest head wound I've ever seen. A 4"x2" flap cut out of his forehead with the skull visible. He said that somehow he'd fallen forward and a sharp rock hit him between the helmet and goggles. He got an ambulance ride to the hospital and is doing OK.
Parking was very tight. We lost some space in the lot due to piles of earth and debris.
Check 10 caught a lot of the fast guys with a 1-minute burn. That's exactly what that check was designed to do. I hear the Erzberg Challenge was a big log jam and that Steve from STS has some good video of it. The Long Way Home section was the undoing of a lot of the C-riders, but no one needed to be rescued. All made it home. Jim Senecal won with a ridiculous 9pts, including a burn....dropping just 1 point in the last section.
I wish I could have stayed longer after working the check to chat with everyone. It was a lot of fun working the check with the Meeker clan and my long time buddy Harry.
ReplyDeleteOn the way to our check, a nice size black bear ran across the road. Later in the day the memory reminded me to look over my should while cooking hot dogs.
Check 3, either Billy Byrnes or one of the Husaberg riders gave a nice balance show riding up to the check and fooling around kicking his feet in the air as approaching scrubbing off time.
Check 11 got some mixed looks from some of the riders. There were a couple AA that were not too happy going through our check judging by their expressions, but Jim Senecal gave a big smile that could be seen right through the helmet when I said, "Go Get'em Jim."
I hope we, as Pathfinders, can at least fill 2 checks for BTR at their enduro to return the favor.
Great report Tony!
Could have been the same black bear we saw in just about the same spot the night before. Great to see you out at the check, Mike and thanks for offering some of your food.
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