VertFest 2009

Hi everyone!!

We are getting close to VertFest Alpental! We hope you will all consider coming out and racing! The big day is Saturday, March 28th!

Check out the website at www.outdoorresearch.com/vertfest for details!

Also, as you've heard me say several thousand times before, please RSVP (you'll see the link on the VertFest page) to give us a heads-up that you'll be coming. It's not committing you to be there, it just gives us a good idea how many people to expect so we can bring enough swag, prizes and beer!!

Shoot me a message with any questions!

Hope to see you all there!
Sam

Thanks to all the great folks at OR and Pro Guiding who made Vertfest Alpental happen today; I'm always amazed at how much fun I have at these events (not to mention what a workout it is)!

Results are here:

www.randosaigai.com/vertfestalpy032809_split.jpg
www.randosaigai.com/vertfestalpy032809_tele.jpg
www.randosaigai.com/vertfestalpy032809_open.jpg
www.randosaigai.com/vertfestalpy032809_race.jpg

Some more pictures:

Andy Traslin, Mike Traslin, Seth Davis (Ben Parsons already out of sight)

Monika Johnson leads a group up the lower mountain

Monika arriving at the first boot-up

Lowell Skoog nears the top

Comparing notes at the finish

Benj thanks the crowd on behalf of the NWAC

Once again, a huge thanks to all the folks at Outdoor Research and the Summit who made this happen.  So great to get the backcountry community together for a super fun day, and the support for NWAC is awesome.  Thanks to everyone who participated, and congrats to all the race winners.  Hopefully some of you are back out there today and not recovering on the couch like I am.

Hope to see you all again soon at the Snowball Dinner and Auction to support NWAC in a couple of weeks....Friday, April 10.  We are getting close to a sell-out, so get your tix now.

Benj

Thanks to everyone who supported and contributed to this great event.

It was my 1st randonee race and I had a blast. I even brought a neighbor of mine along who had never done randonee, and he started in the race category. I let him use my zealots and he wore his downhill boots (ouch). Thanks everyone!

Sam @ OR & OR
NWAC
Gore Tex
Alpy
and all the other sponsors

I'm always amazed at how much fun I have at these events (not to mention what a workout it is)!

Thanks for the pictures and results Greg!

A rando rally is like a human powered roller coaster. It feels like the wheels are ready to fall off half the time, but what a ride.

Big thanks to Kaj Bune for all his work on Vertfest the past few years. It looks like Kaj has mentored a great team to carry on the event after he moves on from OR.

Kudos to power couple Seth and Holly Davis. Seth was the top local guy at both Crystal and Alpental this season and Holly took a 1st and a 2nd. Impressive!

Congrats to Monika for another win yesterday.

Finally, thanks to my carpool mates Garth and John for being such good company and strong competitors too. I think we all had second thoughts about the predicted weather but nobody wanted to back out first. I'm glad we went.