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Conference oass::racers

Title:	Racers and Racing
Notice:	As long as it's not NASCAR or F1 or Drags...
Moderator:	RHETT::BURDEN_D

Created:	Tue Aug 08 1995
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	391
Total number of notes:	4486

126.0. "Mt Washington Climb to the Clouds - 1997" by RHETT::BURDEN (A bear in his natural habitat) Thu Apr 17 1997 13:58

This year's race will be held on June 27, 28 and 29.  The actual race will be
on Sunday June 29th from 10:00 a.m. to around 3:00 p.m.  There is a web
site for the event at:

www.mt-washington.com/cttcabout.html

I've also managed to find a ride for this year's race so we'll be heading north
in late June!

I talked to the organizer of the event and they will be broadcasting the
event live on the web.  As it gets closer I'll get more details and post
them here.

There are numerous campgrounds nearby and they will allow camping (limited
facilities) at the base of the mountain this year.  Sign in here if you
plan to attend.

Dave

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
126.1	Jim Evans	PROXY::J_EVANS		`Thu Apr 17 1997 17:54`	6
	I'll be there as ham/flagger. Last year I shot live video down from checkpoint 1 on Friday, checkpoint 24 Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was ok but Sunday we were in the clouds, hence we ran half way. jim
126.2		RHETT::BURDEN	A bear in his natural habitat	`Thu Apr 17 1997 18:26`	8
	I checked on having Diane work a station or something on the mountain, along with our 2 children (6 and 8). Since the kids are underage, she can work crowd control at either halfway or the top and still have the kids with her. I stopped rallying before the kids were really able to remember it so this will be the first time they've seen me in 'action' live. Dave
126.3	exit	PROXY::J_EVANS		`Thu May 22 1997 17:06`	7
	My gang will be staying at the WHite Birches Camping Park sites 60 and 61. Their number is (603) 466-2022. The campground is really in Shelburne which is next to Gorham. Hot showers and a pool (for the nice weather) make it pleasant.... jim
126.4	neighbors	34500::BURDEN	A bear in his natural habitat	`Tue Jun 03 1997 17:56`	5
	We've reserved a tent site near Jim. It ought to be a fun weekend. At this point I may not have a ride (negociations have stalled...) but we're still going on vacation and watching the event. Dave
126.5	update from the mountain	PROXY::J_EVANS		`Wed Jun 04 1997 13:48`	18
	I just received this message from Paul Giblin of the auto road this morning.... ==================================================================== It's 8:05am and we've just been given the "GO" to drive stages to the summit for the first time this year - it's the latest opening to the summit since 1953, 45 years ago! There are still snow banks along the roadside 15 feet high in places... but we're goin' to the top! The road's in great shape though, thanks to the road crew...they've been putting in some long hours this spring. We're planning to deliver a dump truck load of snow on the state house plaza in Concord tomorrow with a sign saying "Mt. Washington Auto Road now open to the summit!" placed in the snow... it should get some press - I hope! Watch the Channel 9 news in Manchester Thursday night... By the way, we've received 39 hillclimb entries to date... we're ahead of where we were last year at this time... We had 54 total last year, so it looks as though we may top that! We'll see... Talk to you soon! Gib