[OrRando] Ride Report 0R600k TBL

John Kramer jckramer at gorge.net
Mon Oct 2 06:27:50 PDT 2006


Rider report for the Oregon Randonneurs 600k Big Lebowski Brevet 
September 29 to October 1, 2006. Eight riders finished the brevet and 
two riders withdrew the second day because of  insurmountable time 
deficits. The weather was dry and mostly sunny. There were some high 
clouds on day two but generally the Cascade Mountains were visible from 
Three Finger Jack to Mt. Adams. Strong winds were encountered during the 
ride especially between the Hermiston and Heppner controls. West winds 
steady at 12 mph were reported at the Hermiston Airport at 13:50 on day 
1 and Northwest winds at 16 mph gusting to 22 mph were reported at The 
Dalles airport at 17:50 on day 2. Daytime temperatures topped 70 degrees 
while night temperatures dipped into the low 40 degree range. Ken Bonner 
reported temperatures as low as 31 degrees in the valley bottoms and all 
riders deployed emergency tyvek, space blankets or wishful thinking to 
assist in staying warm especially during the descents. Congratulations 
are due all of the riders for risking the personal challenge of this 
epic 600k brevet. The epic nature of the geography combined with the 
epic nature of the experiences and challenges provides a remarkable and 
memorable conclusion for all of the randonneurs as well as the 
ORRandonneurs first ACP brevet season. I will leave it to the riders to 
tell their stories in their own words, from the panic expression on 
Susan France's face when she discovered The Kramer cooking breakfast to 
the befuddlement of Paul Whitney searching in vane for the headlamp 
hanging around his neck. So, from Mortimer Young and all of the union 
staff at Forever Young Film Restoration, here is wishing you a Grand 
season and happy trails, until we meet again...

Rider             StartTime    Finish Time    Hours   Hrs Rider Affil.
--------------- ------------  -------------  ------  -----------------
Peter Beeson    9/30/06 5:00  10/1/06 20:04  39:04   Seattle Internati
Jon Beilby      9/30/06 5:00  10/1/06 18:25  37:25   Oregon Randonneur
Ken Bonner      9/30/06 5:00  10/1/06 14:32  33:32   British Columbia
Robert  Brudvik 9/30/06 5:00  10/1/06 20:04  39:04   Seattle Internati
Albert Kong     9/30/06 5:00  10/1/06 18:09  37:09   Davis Bike Club .
Greg  Olson     9/30/06 5:00  10/1/06 16:00  35:00   Seattle Internati
Scott Peterson  9/30/06 5:00       DNF               Oregon Randonneur
Kent Peterson   9/30/06 5:00  10/1/06 18:52  37:52   Seattle Internati
Eric Vigoren    9/30/06 5:00  10/1/06 20:04  39:04   Seattle Internati
Paul Whitney    9/30/06 5:00       DNF               Seattle Internati



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