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Mt. Washington hillclimb cancelled

steveyo · 2007-08-19T11:35:08+00:00

So, I wasn't signed up, but Mt. Washington is a race I one day would like to do. I do other hillclimbs and this is the big Kahuna, at 7.6 miles with 4700 ft of climbing. (The unicycle record was set in 2005 by aspenmike - who else?!?). This year, it was to take place yesterday, 8/18/2007. Unfortunately for the 600 riders signed up this year and coming from all over, this year's race was cancelled due to incredibly harsh weather. It costs $300 to sign up, plus travel/lodging expenses, and they DO NOT issue refunds. Here's an article about the cancellation: http://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/13124.0.html -- steveyo steveyo ...like having your own personal rollercoaster... - a few 'uni race write-ups' (http://home.nycap.rr.com/rduhan/uni_race_writeups/) - muni and kokopelli uni 't-shirts, mugs and stickers' (http://www.cafepress.com/steveyo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ steveyo's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7228 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/63591 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com

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steveyo
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19 August 2007, 11:35 UTC #1

So, I wasn't signed up, but Mt. Washington is a race I one day would
like to do. I do other hillclimbs and this is the big Kahuna, at 7.6
miles with 4700 ft of climbing. (The unicycle record was set in 2005
by aspenmike - who else?!?).
This year, it was to take place yesterday, 8/18/2007. Unfortunately
for the 600 riders signed up this year and coming from all over, this
year's race was cancelled due to incredibly harsh weather. It costs
$300 to sign up, plus travel/lodging expenses, and they DO NOT issue
refunds.
Here's an article about the cancellation:
http://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/13124.0.html
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steveyo
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...like having your own personal rollercoaster...
- a few 'uni race write-ups'
(http://home.nycap.rr.com/rduhan/uni_race_writeups/)
- muni and kokopelli uni 't-shirts, mugs and stickers'
(http://www.cafepress.com/steveyo)
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GizmoDuck
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19 August 2007, 12:26 UTC #2

Man, that sucks. Short of a tornado or lightning storm, I don't see how
you can justify cancelling a race like that and not refund the
competitors. I was thinking of doing it after Unicon next year. Would
have to think twice about it now.
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johnfoss
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19 August 2007, 19:48 UTC #3

If they can't offer any form of refund, part of this is probably due to
the fact that most of the money got spent. The whole race was set up,
everybody was there, permits and insurance were paid for, etc.
Weather sucks.
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steveyo
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19 August 2007, 21:11 UTC #4

GizmoDuck said:
Man, that sucks. Short of a tornado or lightning storm, I don't see how
you can justify cancelling a race like that and not refund the
competitors. I was thinking of doing it after Unicon next year. Would
have to think twice about it now.
Essentially, there was a tornado. Sleet, freezing rain, and 90 mph
winds on a wide open treeless peak is a good reason for cancellation.
People sign up knowing that this could happen and they take their
chances.
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skilewis74
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20 August 2007, 00:42 UTC #5

I can understand the fee not being refunded if the racer cancelled but
they should give a credit towards next year's race IMO. The entry fees
the promoter charges on all of their races should be buffered to cover
this happening occationally.
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22 August 2007, 23:10 UTC #6

steveyo said:
Essentially, there was a tornado. Sleet, freezing rain, and 90 mph
winds on a wide open treeless peak is a good reason for cancellation.
People sign up knowing that this could happen and they take their
chances.
I could deal with the wide open treeless peak better than I would
handle the road up the mountain.
For those of you that haven't been up there, there aren't any guard
rails, the road is wide enough for just 2 cars. There are sections of
this road where if you made a minor driving mistake there us nothing to
stop your car and you would go off the road and plunge over a 1000 ft.
cliff. (I'm not exaggerating)
I drove up Mount Washington yesterday, Tuesday 8/22/07. The weather was
clear with 100 mile visibility. I was nervous driving my car on the dry
road.
I have that much more respect now for the unicyclists that rode up the
mountain last year. You guys were incredible.
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