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in reply to: Awesome….Thank You! #52875
Welcome Z-man!
So glad you found us! We’re really just a grassroots group who are passionate about commemorating and memorializing the people involved with 9/11, so we aren’t really mainstream. We’d LOVE to have you participate in our event. You’re more than welcome to join my group on Willey, it’ll be about a 3 1/2 hour hike. Or some of the easier hikes include Mt. Hale, Tecumseh, Galehead and a few others. There are also some peaks that you can get a ride to the summit like Washington, Cannon and Wildcat D. We hope you’ll be able to make it, feel free to reply with questions!
in reply to: North Tripyramid #52872Bad weather is not an option!
:beer:in reply to: Waumbek 2006 #52873Moved to the Trips & Routes forum
in reply to: Sign Ups are OPEN #52413Now I remember the story there, I tried to contact one of the other hikers and got no response, I was waiting for a response, which I never got. I’ll check with the others, and in the mean time remove Rick from that spot.
An Cal, I know you only call me Suzie ‘cuz you think I’m sexy.
😆in reply to: Sign Ups are OPEN #52411Can’t make me.
🙂I have some friends I’m trying to get to particpate. They live in Oregon and Washington, so the challenge is on!
in reply to: Contacting peak coodinators #52432I sent Brownie the link.
in reply to: 2006 press release by 8/25 #52812PR people? We have PR people??
in reply to: 2007 signups #52678Without getting into the details, my opinion is that reserving peaks is generally not good. It smacks of favoritism (whether deserved or not) and if people feel that we are favoring one group over another, this event will suffer. I think I expressed this at the planning meeting as well.
The only caveat is the “accessible peaks”. I think it’s our responsibility to provide a way for physically limited people to participate, however I think we can do this better than we do now. At risk of creating more work for myself, I think we should have the “accessible” peaks be part of the sign up process- if someone chooses one of these peaks, we ask if they have a physical limitation, because these peaks are designated for those with limitations. (Very much like the bus: these seats are designated for those with handicaps, etc.) If they say yes, then we register them. If they say no, we send them back to the form to choose another peak.
Sorry Cal, I can’t say I agree with reserving or pre-registering the scouts or other groups. I fully support having the scouts and other youth organizations involved, I think it’s awesome (and I used to be in one), but pre-registering these groups guarantees them a peak, that’s all it does, and we don’t offer that to anyone else. Brownie makes a good point; what if the VFW, the American Legion, the Girl Scouts, the Rainbow Girls, the YMCA, the Boys and Girls Clubs, and Big Brother/Big Sister groups all request pre-registration? They’re all very worthy organizations, but that’s a lot of peaks!
I understand they need to plan to participate ahead, but we have yet to get to the point where there aren’t any open peaks for which the scouts can register. This may change in the future, we may get to a point where all 48 peaks are taken in the first day, but it’s not likely.
The long and the short of it really is that right now none of this is really a problem because our event is not that big, but our policies now will shape the way the event grows (or doesn’t) and how we will handle things when/if we reach capacity.
Ok, so I guess I got into the details a little there. 🙂
@Brownie wrote:
Why does a peak have to have a maximum regsitered number of participants?
We restrict the peak signups to 10 people to adhere to Leave No Trace principals. However, it may make sense at some point to open the peaks up, with no restictions, and let the peak coordinators that they should split the total number into groups of no more than 10. Something to think about.
@Jaytrek57 wrote:
I might win. :flag:
I live in RI now {sigh}.
Peace.
Sorry Jay, Tom Rankin kicks your a$$! 🙂
in reply to: 2007 signups #52662@mtnpa wrote:
… I think it will be quite a challenge to design a lottery that will encourage new blood while being fair to those who have already given time and effort to this event.
You’re right about that my friend!
How far to where? The KOA? The mountain I’m hiking? Either way, I don’t think I’m going to win the prize at around 85 miles…
in reply to: Suggestion #52718Hi Tom,
Great suggestion! We’ve been lamenting this same issue for a couple years now, and we’ve stumbled over a couple things. One issue is that you’re not required to register for the forum to register to hike a peak. At some point we may be able to merge the sign-in process with the forum, but for now this would be a time consuming and technically challenging endeavor (my wife is already threatening me!) We’ll keep it in mind for the long winter months.
Also, as a peak coordinator, you should have received an email a couple weeks ago directing you to a page where you could email your team. PM me if you did not receive this.
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