[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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