Posted on 06/22/08 12:55 AM| by team-admin
being generally bone idle and lacking in things to fill our time, it is always gratifying to have last minute running around to do. So the changes to the gear list to include snowshoes and wetsuit requirements from 3mm, to 5mm, to 7mm, to how about a drysuit? have come as a welcome diversion from what would otherwise have been lazy days of summer for us. We are having a hoot collecting last minute gear items and working out if our airline baggage will be sufficient to take it, now that our gear has been sent on.
And the latest announcement re GPS? We like to consider ourselves to be pretty competent, consistent navigators, unfortunately events tell otherwise! (Werewolves’ principal navigators Tom, “so that hill we thought was over there is actually the one we are on now- how did that happen?” Lane and Paul, “oh! so plotting is along THEN up? Fancy that, when did that change?” Murphy, aren’t so bad, really. Actually Ashley “you will respect my authority” Edwards and Jason “small shaft refers to the paddle, you guys” Maloney often produce better navigation results but that is no reason to give the map to them!) The use of GPS, while understood for safety reasons given the snow is a disappointment to us as we were looking forward to our regular race workout of hours of aimlessly wandering around attempting to ‘get found’. The decision will surely be met with mixed reactions.
and now, as the American TV says, a word from our sponsors……
Paul, “what’s another $100 at this stage?” Murphy says… I have been a client of MPGear http://store.mpgear.com/ for years and am always delighted at their (very) quick shipping, professional customer service (thanks Erik and Zack) and, of course, great prices. MPGear have been outstandingly helpful to us - rallying to the cause for last minute gear for us especially coming through with snow shoes involving considerable work on their part.
Give MPGear a try, you will be pleased with the experience.
