From: Jason Woods [woodsd@ngi.ca] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 10:29 AM To: larryhatt@cogeco.ca Subject: RE: Hi From Nelson Actually, we tied for 5th in our category (co-ed). Out of the 26 or so teams that started, only 9 finished. Only 3 of those 9 actually did the full course (c/w the bonus trekking and paddling sections that would have added about 6 to 10 hours onto our time!). Woody ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jason Woods, P.Eng, RCDD Project Manager Electrical/Communications Division Naylor Group Incorporated 455 North Service Road East Oakville, Ontario, L6H 1A5 (905)-338-8000, x237 (905)-338-8369 (fax) (416)-725-5569 (mobile) email: woodsd@ngi.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Larry Hatt [mailto:larryhatt@cogeco.ca] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 7:21 AM To: Jason Woods; Cansfield Woods, Shelly Cc: Lorrie Cansfield Subject: RE: Hi From Nelson This was incredible, Woody. Excellent description...I get a bit of a feeling of how really retched you guys felt at times but what a thing to finish. Well done!! I'll get this up on the web as soon as I get back. I think that next time I will bring my web site with me. Might as well as I brought a computer and Nic and Chris's network setup is the same as mine and I can change the dns reference in an instant. Anyway thanks again for resetting the site; hope we won't need it again. BTW help yourself to the beer. It gets old sitting there in the beer fridge. Jan is returning next Tuesday, the 30th, I will be back by Thanksgiving. Keep finding new projects out here but that needs to be my deadline. Lar -----Original Message----- From: Jason Woods [mailto:woodsd@ngi.ca] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:45 AM To: larryhatt@cogeco.ca; Cansfield Woods, Shelly Subject: RE: Hi From Nelson Okay, but I may have to drink one of your beers to stay awake! Here's some low res. pics that were sent to us by the professional photographer for the 24-36 hour race in the Muskokas the other weekend. Most of the pics are of my team at the zip line (about 28 hours into the race). I've also attached my race summary below if you're interested! Woody Well, While you were vacationing, I was on a little trip of my own... Through backcountry Muskoka. I competed with 2 other guys and 1 girl in a 24-36 hour adventure race outside of Bala (in the Muskokas). We arrived at 9:00pm on Friday night and went straight into the team / captain's meeting. At 10:00pm we left that and started unpacking gear and working over our maps. We finished working on our maps and routes at about 2:00am Saturday morning and retired to bed. 3 hours later at 5:00am we got up and started to eat and get our gear ready for our support team and vehicle. At 7:00am the race started and we were off on our bikes. We biked for about 2 hours to the first transition area where our support crew, Shelly, and the rest of our spectators greeted us. Spirits were high as we dropped the bikes, and set out into the middle of nowhere with nothing but a compass bearing and the knowledge that somewhere, in the middle of the bush, 8km's away, there was a checkpoint poster stapled to a tree beside a lake! This was by far the most harrowing trek I have ever endured. En route to the checkpoint we crossed about 20 swamps, neck high in filthy smelly swampwater. We swam across 2 lakes, and passed through areas that were so dense that you couldn't see 2' in front of you. In the end however, my good compass work, and our captain's map reading, placed us within 50' from the checkpoint. Oh yeah, that was like 6 hours later. We emerged soaked and muddy from the trek into the 2nd transition area, once again to the familiar faces of our support crew and spectators. After eating and changing, we outfitted the bikes with night gear and departed the transition area, on the bikes, at about 4:00pm. At that point, morale was high, but we had no idea of the biking ordeal ahead of us. This was the toughest bike we had ever encountered. We set out at 4:00pm and didn't roll in until about 12:30am (early, early Sunday morning). The other 3 members of my team were falling down just walking, let alone riding their bikes. We passed teams huddled under emergency blankets on the side of the trail at 11:00pm. The terrain was brutal (many areas that couldn't be ridden), and energy levels were low. I had a brutal dehydration headache. However, we prevailed and pulled into the 3rd transition area, tired, cold and mostly all sick. Shelly left the team there at 1:00am questioning whether or not we would continue (after seeing our captain puke his guts out). While the team slept, I took 7 Advil to defeat my headache, and started to assemble some gear for the next leg. At 2:00am we picked up our canoes and embarked on a lengthy 6 or so hour paddle. The paddle was mostly straightforward, with the exception of a couple of portages and navigating a dam and waterfall. At about 8:30am Sunday morning we pulled into the final transition area, again tired, but a little renewed with the daybreak upon us. We rested, ate, and finally embarked at about 9:20am, again on the bikes. After riding for about 30 minutes we approached a canyon, where we put on our climbing gear and strapped ourselves and our bikes to a zip line and zipped across the canyon. Past that we were on the bikes again for a couple more hours. We hit the final checkpoint and started the 20km bike down mostly paved roads to the finish. Our captain was so exhausted at this point, that he could barely move his legs. To limit the length of this bike, we tied a line between his bike and mine, and I towed him in for 20km's, to the finish line. Our finishing time was around 30 hours and 40 minutes. We will rank somewhere around 10th to 12th place I think out of a field of 26 or so teams. Many teams dropped out or were disqualified, so to even post a finish was considered a huge victory for us. I've attached a picture of our team with another team of racers that races under our Triharder umbrella (Triharder is the name of our team). Sorry about the resolution. I will forward more pics as I get them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jason Woods, P.Eng, RCDD Project Manager Electrical/Communications Division Naylor Group Incorporated 455 North Service Road East Oakville, Ontario, L6H 1A5 (905)-338-8000, x237 (905)-338-8369 (fax) (416)-725-5569 (mobile) email: woodsd@ngi.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Larry Hatt [mailto:larryhatt@cogeco.ca] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 5:29 AM To: Cansfield Woods, Shelly Cc: Jason Woods Subject: RE: Hi From Nelson No, problem Shel, this time difference is great. If it was reversed I would have quite a time being awake then. They are working me hard here and I've had to cut out TV completely. I'll look forward to Woody between 9 and 10 or later for that matter ( 6 plus my time) Lar -----Original Message----- From: Cansfield Woods, Shelly [mailto:ShellyCansfieldWoods@eaton.com] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 7:37 AM To: larryhatt@cogeco.ca; Jason Woods Subject: RE: Hi From Nelson So sorry Lar, we fell asleep last night! Woody will go over tonight and give you a call to re-boot Shelly -----Original Message----- From: Larry Hatt [mailto:larryhatt@cogeco.ca] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 7:49 AM To: Jason Woods; Shelly Cansfield Subject: Hi From Nelson How are all you Newellites doing? Anything going on with the grading/grass? Nicole and Chris's renovations are moving along well and weather has been great. My web site in the basement has been down since we got here. There may have been a power outage or bump and then the computers go down and don't come up by themselves. I wonder if one of you could go to the house between 9 and 10 this evening and give me a call on my cell ( 905-330-0910 ) ; backup numbers (Nic)250-352-3712 (Chris)250-825-4741. The time would make it between 6 and 7 here. We are anxious to show pool pictures that are on the web. They have a yard shed here that they want to finish much like the pool shed. If you are busy tonight; the same times tomorrow would work. Any other Newell News? Lar