One week until sign ups. Please take a moment to read through the Q and A below.
Q: What is the role of the Peak Coordinator?
A: If you are the first person signed up for a peak, you are the de facto Peak Cooridinator. You are asked to do the following:
1. Please post your route in the “Trips and Routes” folder. This begins the conversation with the rest of those that have signed up for your peak. Others will inquire about what assistance they can do, what time to meet, etc.
2. You are responsible for getting a flag to the peak to fly from noon to 2:00pm. Anytime more than that is optional. We understand that inclement weather may change that timeframe. Please do what is safe for your party.
3. Please send along a confirmation after the event that the flag made it and please post pics to the gallery on the main website.
Q: I wanted to be a peak coordinator for
peak, someone else is, what can I do?
A. Join and help them! This event is about bringing people together. I, personally, have made countless friends with this event just by meeting folks at the summit. More than one flag is okay for all the summits.
Q: Can I be put on stand-by status in case someone backs out as a peak coordinator?
A: Yes, but usually, we will offer the peak to others that are signed up for that peak first?
Q: Is there a cancelation date?
A: No, This is a rain or shine event. The Thursday before the event, I will post a weather update of what to expect. Hiking above tree line in foul weather is only for the very prepared. Lightening and flash floods are not our friends and I do not wish for anyone to risk injury with this.
The post will contain instructions on what to do if you feel it is unsafe to hike.
Q: How big does our flag need to be?
A: Whatever you feel safe to fly. One of the hidden perks of the event is seeing flags raised on other peaks. My flag is a standard 6×8 flag and it’s been seen from a couple miles away.
Q: When will you expand the event for other peaks?
A: Likely, never. Maybe for the 20th anniversary, I may try to pull a rabbit out of a hat and do something out of the box, But for now, 48 is the magic number. We do accept pictures of flags on other peaks in the gallery.
Q: Why do you not pass out emails for the peak coordinators so I can contact them.
A: Simply, we respect people’s privacy. Also, in the early years of Flags, We had a sex offender following kids groups around so it is a pretty easy decision to go this route.
Please remember to register on the main website before August 7th.
