Winter Challenge 2014 - A Brief Recap and Many Thanks!
The Winter Challenge began in earnest, not on the day of the event Feb 15, but on the Tuesday preceding when a major ice storm blasted in, wreaking havoc on the region thru Wednesday evening. Winter Challenge alumnus, and provisional lumberjack Pete Chaplin called us from Dome Farms with some heavy doubts about pulling off the race that Saturday. Not even the widest road leading to the cabins was passable, he explained in his best Sam Elliott impression, "Stuff, Dude… Ya can't even get to the cabins.." (which is not at all an impersonation, but really just the way Pete talks).
We explained that we wanted to take in the situation ourselves before making the call, but agreed, with all the downed timber throughout the region, and no power nor running water, it would be a daunting task to pull it off.
Well, with 4 chainsaws, 7 able-bodied men, and one small but hardworking boy, all with a taste for the Winter Challenge, and all committed to the task at hand, we took on the task of clearing 16+ miles of storm-torn trails in less than 24 hours. A daunting task, to say the least. But as the saying goes... Life isn't always easy.
No power, no running water, no indoor plumbing… no problem. With a groundswell of support from family and friends including the Old Man, brother Joel, Pete, Mr. Charles, my main man Marvin, hard-charging Chase, Robbie King, Ralph Haggard, and Lisa Williams, among others, we pulled off the impossible, and the most epic of Winter Challenges went into the books. The end result, promised and delivered, was that a lot of good friends, both old and new, went home with some big smiles.
Oh, and we’d be remiss not to give at least one more shout out to Jefferson Nicholson and his crew from Adventure Geek Productions, who themselves drove down through the belly of the beast, all the way from Delaware, to be sure the Winter Challenge went down as promised.
I'll finish this brief recap by offering one more big congratulations to John Wellens and Katie Malone, the first in what we expect to be a long line of Winter Challengers to take home the gold… er, Brass Winter Challenge Belt Buckles. For a complete list of winners, including relay and duathlon, as well as a complete list of participant results, head over to www.winterchallenge.net/results.
And for more pictures from this year's Winter Challenge, head over to our Facebook Page and give us a Like!
Thanks again to all!
The Williams Family
The Winter Challenge began in earnest, not on the day of the event Feb 15, but on the Tuesday preceding when a major ice storm blasted in, wreaking havoc on the region thru Wednesday evening. Winter Challenge alumnus, and provisional lumberjack Pete Chaplin called us from Dome Farms with some heavy doubts about pulling off the race that Saturday. Not even the widest road leading to the cabins was passable, he explained in his best Sam Elliott impression, "Stuff, Dude… Ya can't even get to the cabins.." (which is not at all an impersonation, but really just the way Pete talks).
We explained that we wanted to take in the situation ourselves before making the call, but agreed, with all the downed timber throughout the region, and no power nor running water, it would be a daunting task to pull it off.
Well, with 4 chainsaws, 7 able-bodied men, and one small but hardworking boy, all with a taste for the Winter Challenge, and all committed to the task at hand, we took on the task of clearing 16+ miles of storm-torn trails in less than 24 hours. A daunting task, to say the least. But as the saying goes... Life isn't always easy.
No power, no running water, no indoor plumbing… no problem. With a groundswell of support from family and friends including the Old Man, brother Joel, Pete, Mr. Charles, my main man Marvin, hard-charging Chase, Robbie King, Ralph Haggard, and Lisa Williams, among others, we pulled off the impossible, and the most epic of Winter Challenges went into the books. The end result, promised and delivered, was that a lot of good friends, both old and new, went home with some big smiles.
Oh, and we’d be remiss not to give at least one more shout out to Jefferson Nicholson and his crew from Adventure Geek Productions, who themselves drove down through the belly of the beast, all the way from Delaware, to be sure the Winter Challenge went down as promised.
I'll finish this brief recap by offering one more big congratulations to John Wellens and Katie Malone, the first in what we expect to be a long line of Winter Challengers to take home the gold… er, Brass Winter Challenge Belt Buckles. For a complete list of winners, including relay and duathlon, as well as a complete list of participant results, head over to www.winterchallenge.net/results.
And for more pictures from this year's Winter Challenge, head over to our Facebook Page and give us a Like!
Thanks again to all!
The Williams Family
For hundreds of pics from previous years' Winter Challenges, head over to FB and give us a Like!
We'll also be using the FB page for race updates, so stay tuned!
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We'll also be using the FB page for race updates, so stay tuned!
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