Willi Starts Tomorrow!
Couple of updates for the Willi that starts tomorrow...
- The weather looks awesome.
- There will be beer at the Muller party tomorrow. I'm getting two pony kegs from Revelstoke. Enough registrations and we'll do it again on Sunday. (Why do I always start with the beer - hmmmmm?)
- Breakfast will run from 8 to 10 each morning. Racers may need to be up the hill and we want to get out of there at a reasonable time so we'll cut things off at 10 - get up or go hungry will be our motto. Breakfast Saturday is ham and eggs.
- Pilot meeting each morning after breakfast at 10:00. We'll have a simple agenda for these meetings to keep them brisk and informative, and to keep us focused given all that will be going on: 1) Review of Yesterday (good flights, incidents, launch issues, scoring problems, etc.); 2) Flying Tips Discussion (what worked, what didn't, a little Q&A - get the experienced pilots talking so the newbies can hear what they are thinking and doing); 3) Weather Review; 4) Task Briefing; 5) Ride Arrangements.
-Dinner on Sunday will be just $10. Colleen and her crew have been working on it very hard and dinner sounds great. This is the best dinner deal you will find in the valley.
- Muller night Friday, dinner Sunday and breakfasts will all be done in the space between the house and the store at the LZ. Cathy-Anne assures me we'll have real power to run the griddle.
- Have encouraged Scott Wattmood to consider abandoning his PG in favour of his BASE rig (at some altitude of course) sometime during the party on Fri. Anyone else with a talent for making people look up and go "holy shit" is encouraged to commit a similarly foolhardy act.
- The "Win My Money" challenge will be $200 for flying 200 km on a PG - be the first person to do it since Chris. Go straight or O&R if you want a real sporting challenge.
- There will be a new prize for Novices. Only one will get a trophy (same for other classes). Everyone else in the Novice class will have a chance to win second by getting a ticket for every safe, witnessed landing they make at Nicholson. We'll draw from all the tickets to determine the winner - more tickets, more chances. I hope this will encourage those with little XC experience to fly lots without pressure to go anywhere if you don't want to. If I could think of a similar, appropriate alternative challenge for the Intermediate and Advanced groups, I'd consider doing it.
- Everyone who registers will get a logoed sports bottle assuming I can pick them up on time.
- As per previous years, I've got a trophy for "Meet Head's Pick" in both PG and HG. Would appreciate input from you all regarding who are worthy nominees. In the past it has gone to people who don't win the usual way but have accomplished a personal best, done a service to others in the meet or been an all-round good person - people who just damn well deserve to win something. Generally it's a pilot, but not necessarily.
- We will do the "Thanks for the Ride" thing again this year. If anyone is picked up by a member of the public, get their name and phone number to include on your landing form. We'll draw from all the names for gift certificate at local restaurant.
- We will use 146.460 as the meet freq and 146.490 for retrieves. We ask everyone to fly on 146.460 for safety reasons (and minimize chatter). These numbers are on the landing forms, so carry one with you.
- We need you to check-in after flying. We'll post a pilot list at the store for those who return physically, and provide a phone number to call for those caught out on the road. We really don't need a landing form till you get back, but we need to know you're OK.
Anything you see here can change, so pay attention. See all your smiling faces on Friday. Mine of course will be obscured by a beer.
Randy
