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[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and he's done it AGAIN !! Congratulations, Chip, on achieving an EIGHT million meter erging season!! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations! Keep those erg wheels turning!!

[Kona2]

Lunies on the 2025 Roster !!

Welcome back Greg F !

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

8 MM Chip
7.3 MM WIld Bill
3.8 MM Ron Mac
1.55 MM Ken
1.25 MM Brent
850 K Dennis
700 K Patrick Hsr
650 K Howard
450 K Patrick S
250 K JD
250 K Gary
200 K Pat E

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Greg 1,090 m
Rachel 1,500
Frank 1,551 m...a palindrome!
Sharon 2,000 m
Jason 2,210 m
Patrick Hmr 2,355 m
Larry 3,000 m
Dan O' 3,885 m
Danny 4,615 m
Angelo 5,000 m
mardix 5,085 m
JD 5,221 m
Jeff M 5,517 m
Linda H 5,990 m
Carol 6,007 m
David W 6,096 m
Catherine 6,278 m
Stefan 6,588 m
Patrick Hsr 7,105 m
Baz 7,500 m
Ron W 9,878 m
SF Girl 9,955 m...a double double!
Robert H 10,000 m
Patrick S 10,023 m
Judy 10,280 m
Maria 12,071 m
danwho 14,141 m..a palindrome!
Norma 15,554 m...7,777 x 2...palindromes!
Bernie 15,857 m
Ted 16,000 m
Gene 17,077 m
Gary 20,710 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Tombeur 21,415 m...mooner!
Howard 29,443 m...mooner!
Ed 30,000 m...mooner!
Ken 30,000 m...mooner!
Brent 31,058 m...mooner!
Dennis 31,862 m..mooner!
Pat E 40,808 m...mooner!
David A 44,709 m...mooner!
Ron Mac 64,536 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 106,677 m...mega...100K plus!
Chip 163,264 m...mega..100 K plus!

[Kona2]

And so it begins ... November 28th! Hope you are all getting your calendars cleared to fit in all your Holiday Challenge meters!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

8.1 MM Chip
2.6 MM David A

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!!

Danny 3,000 m
Patrick S 3,354 m
Max 4,007 m
Judy 5,154 m
Angelo 5,483 m
Patrick Hsr 7,000 m
Norma 7,777 m...a palindrome!
Rene 8,395 m
Trevor 13,668 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

David A 22,395 m...mooner!
Chip 89,365 m...a half century plus!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights....Celebrations:

7.4 MM Wild Bill
1.4 MM Ed
950 K Tombeur

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Glen 1,855 m
starbuck 2,014 m
Pat E 2,500 m
Tom R 2,928 m
mardix 3,076 m
Judy 5,144 m
SF Girl 5,178 m
Andrea 5,555 m...a palindrome! High five!
Thomas 5,777 m
Carol 5,800 m
Larry 6,000 m
Angelo 6,277 m
William H 6,704 m
Robert E 7,000 m
Ted 7,000 m
Norma 7,777 m...a palindrome! Lucky seven!
Linda 8,266 m
Brent 8,890 m
Robert H 9,000 m
Ed 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Howard 10,012 m
Vanessa 10,020 m
David A 13,874 m
Tombeur 17,850 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Ron Mac 21,812 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Chip 23,396 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 68,620 m...a half century plus!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

8.15 MM Chip
1.35 MM Norma
1.35 MM Vanessa
500 K Ted
500 K Ron W
150 K Max

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Jeff D 1,079 m
Teresa G 2,000 m
William H 2,000 m
Dan O' 2,244 m...a double double!
Jason 2,667 m
Angelo 5,720 m
Ted 6,000 m
Norma 7,777 m..a palindrome!
Gene 8,503 m
Ken 10,000 m
Ron W 10,009 m
Vanessa 10,022 m
Max 10,165 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Ron Mac 21,212 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Wild Bill 28,616 m..mooner!
Chip 43,725 m...mooner!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

8.25 MM Chip
7.45 MM Wild Bill
3.85 MM Ron Mac
800 K Rene
250 K Pat E

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Brent 1,022 m
Glen 1,961 m
Robert H 5,000 m
Judy 5,134 m
Bernie 5,247 m
Angelo 6,861 m
Ted 7,000 m
Norma 7,777 m...a palindrome!
Gene 8,047 m
Rene 8,119 m
Tombeur 9,137 m
Howard 10,017 m
Patrick Hsr 10,787 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Ron Mac 21,512 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Wild Bill 28,616 m...mooner!
Pat E 50,000 m...a cool half century!
Chip 81,619 m...mega!

[Kona2]

Lunies on the 2025 Roster!!

Welcome back margeaux!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7.5 MM Wild Bill
1.6 MM Ken
550 K Angelo
450 K Robert H
50 K Baz

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

GMan 1,013 m
Danny 3,000 m
John 3,009 m
Jeff D 3,012 m
Larry 4,000 m
Gene 4,011 m
Kris B 4,119 m
Jason 4,604 m
Angelo 5,000 m
Bernie 5,200 m
Judy 5,214 m
Tombeur 7,017 m
margeaux 7,299 m
Rene 8,302 m
Ed 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Vanessa 10,018 m
Patrick Hmr 10,266 m
Baz 11.820 m
Brent 18,785 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Ron Mac 21,512 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Chip 23,619 m...mooner!
Pat E 25,003 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 42,924 m...a palindrome and a mooner!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7.55 MM Wild Bill
3.9 MM Ron Mac
1.35 MM Trevor
1.3 MM Brent
1.3 MM danwho
1.25 MM Gene
900 K Dennis
700 K Howard
550 K Bill
50 K Thomas
50 K Teresa

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

GMan 981 m
Rachel 1,500 m
Teresa G 2,000 m
Howard 3,012 m
Jason 3,201 m
Sharon 3,273 m
mardix 3,928 m
Matt 5,000 m
Jeff D 5,107 m
Judy 5,134 m
Bernie 5,258 m
Thomas T 5,456 m
Danny 6,000 m
Robert H 6,000 m
Larry 6,157 m
Gary 6,547 m
William H 6,767 m
Patrick Hsr 7,039 m
Rene 8,409 m
Patrick Hmr 8,477 m
Baz 9,310 m
Brett 9,567 m
Ted 11,000 m
Angelo 12,000 m
Glen 12,458 m
Pat E 12,700 m
Brent 13,938 m
danwho 15,151 m...a palindrome!
Teresa R 16,485 m
Vanessa 19,033 m
Gene 19,823 m
Ed 20,000 m
Ken 20,000 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Patrick S 26,681 m...mooner!
Trevor 35,580 m...mooner!
Dennis 43,323 m...mooner!
Ron Mac 43,734 m..a palindrome and a mooner!
Bill 47,923 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 71,734 m...mega moon!

[Kona2]

It's going to be AMAZING!!


For those who have been reindeer-less all your life, you have no idea how motivating getting your reindeer (and accessories of antlers, flashing harness, tail and ear wags) will be! The Holiday Challenge is an all time favorite in the Concept2 universe. The universal participation soars into the 25-30 K range, and the virtual dollars raised by our meter production is very satisfying! Take a couple of minutes to navigate in your logbook to the Challenges page, and sign up for the Concept2 charity choice that appeals to you. After all, you will never work this hard for $2 in the real world - and it helps to be part of something bigger than your own meter logbook. And, if you're also motivated by the shiny Concept2 holiday pin that will be mailed to you in January IF you complete 200K (400 K for bike ergers) AND sign up to have your meters count towards one of the Concept2 charities, then this matters too. Make your plans.

The reindeer have started their annual migration to our Luniverse in anticipation of being claimed by Lunie ergers during the Holiday Challenge. For those new to this Lunie tradition, here's how the season of the reindeer works for us.

1. Choose your charity from the list that Concept2 supports - you want to get your two cents worth! You earn 0.02 US cents per kilometer erged for the first 100 K. Adaptive athletes and kids under 16 have a target of 50 K. This is the toughest $2 you'll ever earn.

2. While you are choosing your charity, make sure that your address is correct in your profile - because you'll want to earn your Holiday Challenge pin from Concept2 (and that takes a bunch of meters).

3. Once you reach either 100K or 50K, your charity cents are in the Concept2 bank...and you've earned your reindeer. Traditionally, we have started the names with the original eight from the Clement Moore "Twas The Night Before Christmas" origins...there is, naturally, a big push by everyone to be one of the first eight to reach the reindeer. Still, some prefer to request a name for their reindeer. We do our best to make sure your reindeer has the name you wanted it to have! General rule of reindeer names is that if you had a certain reindeer name in the previous season, you'll get that same reindeer name unless you specify otherwise!

4. After you reach 100K or 50K, every kilometer you earn thereafter is worth 0.04 US cents. Some of our teammates have earned more than $10 during the Challenge for their Charity. Any direct personal contributions of real money that you wish to make towards the charity - well, you need to contact the charity directly.

5. Along the way, there are virtual reindeer accessories that you earn from our Lunie portion of the Challenge. You earn antler lights at 200K, a flashing harness at 300K, a tail wag at 400 K, and an ear wag at 500K.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7.6 MM Wild Bill
3.45 MM Ron Mac
900 K Michael C
300 K Larry
150 K Carol

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Frank 1,036 m
Jason 1,767 m
Sorin 2,000 m
William H 2,000 m
Mary O 2,077 m
Dan O' 2,255 m...a double double!
Glen 2,859 m
Keith 3,000 m
Patrick Hmr 3,041 m
Kris B 3,545 m
Thomas T 3,603 m
Louie 3,787 m
John 4,004 m...a palindrome!
Andrea 5,005 m...a palindrome!
Judy 5,124 m
Bernie 5,202 m
Catherine 5,233 m
Larry 6,000 m
Maria 6,033 m
Gene 7,897 m
Rene 8,013 m
Carol 9,464 m
Ed 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Vanessa 10,021 m
Patrick S 10,102 m
Tombeur 10,441 m
Maria 11,000 m
Ted 11,000 m
Stuart 11,449 m
Jeff D 11,761 m
Patrick Hsr 14,437 m
Michael C 15,000 m
Howard 18,025 m
Baz 18,670 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Trevor 22,493 m...mooner!
Wild Bil 42,924 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Ron Mac 43,025 m....mooner and king of the boat!

[Kona2]

Congratulations Tombeur on reaching 1 MM this season !!!
We wish you many MANY more.

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and he's done it AGAIN !! Congratulations, Ron Mac, on achieving a FOUR million meter erging season!! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!

[Kona2]

Lunies on the 2025 Roster !!!

Welcome back to Terry M !

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

8.4 MM Chip
7.7 MM Wild Bill
4 MM Ron Mac
2.7 MM David A
1.45 MM Trevor
1.4 MM Vanessa
1 MM Tombeur
700 K Brett
500 K Patrick S...a cool half million!
250 K Maria

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


Terry M 500 m
Rachel 2,000 m
Larry 5,000 m
John 5,011 m
Judy 5,124 m
Bernie 5,216 m
Thomas 5,468 m
Teresa R 6,016 m
Angelo 6,735 m
Norma 6,776 m...a palindrome!
Patrick Hsr 6,797 m
Rene 7,576 m
Raoul 8,571 m
Patrick Hsr 9,623 m
Ken 10,000 m
Howard 10,031 m
Ron W 10,049 m
Vanessa 10,118 m
Patrick S 11,023 m
Carol 11,059 m
Maria 12,070 m
Ted 13,000 m
Gene 13,336 m
Jeff D 14,260 m
Glen 17,192 m
Tombeur 18,579
Michael C 20,000 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Ron Mac 43,324 m...mooner!
Brett 46,342 m...mooner!
David A 83,354 m...mega!
Wild Bill 85,848 m..more mega!
Trevor 97,657 m...whew!
Chip 169,277 m...emptied the meter piggy bank again!

[DavidA]

Congratulations Norma on reaching 1 MM this season !!!
We wish you many many more.

Thanks, Dan. And I just requested my pin for 30MM meters rowed.

Congratulations! 3/4 away around the planet.

David

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7.75 MM Wild Bill
1.65 MM Ken
1.45 MM Ed
900 K Judy
750 K Patrick Hsr
400 K Bernie
400 K Glen
300 K William H
300 K Pat E

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Gene 1,000 m
Teresa R 1,693 m
Ross 4,148 m
Mardix 4,736 m
Danny 5,000 m
Larry 5,000 m
Matt 5,000 m
Pat E 5,000 m
Larry 5,000 m
Jason 5,198 m
Bernie 5,242 m
Judy 5,248 m
David W 6,070 m
Carol 6,558 m
Tombeur 6,611 m...a double double!
William H 6,716 m
Patrick Hsr 7,172 m
margeaux 7,337 m...a palindrome!
Norma 7,777 m...a lucky 7 palindrome!
Rene 7,918 m
Angelo 10,000 m
Ed 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Michael C 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Howard 10,012 m
Vanessa 10,028 m
Patrick S 11,504 m
Brent 12,008 m
Glen 12,581 m
Dennis 13,431 m...a palindrome!
Gary 13,877 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Ron Mac 21,512 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
David A 23,346 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 42,924 m...a palindrome and a mooner!

Time flies when you have pets, but a cat is a kitten for a lot longer than I remembered the first cat being a kitten. As the holiday decorations get unboxed and we contemplate whether the tree will be safe (as long as it is unplugged when we're not home?!), Murphy the cat wears himself out with all things new. Or new to him. And so it was that when he tried to "bury" the floor next to his food by scratching the floor to cover up what was just not worthy, I thought perhaps he had gotten into something else. Nothing could be determined. Still, the visual of Murphy scratching the floor beside the unworthy food offering (one that he happily eats ALL the time), stayed with me. A few days later, we decided to try a hole in the wall restaurant that friends had said was pretty basic, a small place with just a few tables in a local mall. Once we were seated, we were told that there was no alcohol. Say what? No beer to go with Mexican food?! No margaritas? Seriously, was the license lost or what? The new owner came over and said that he was buying the restaurant from his sister, and it took a few days to transfer the liquor license. Food came, and we tried. Really. It was terrible. We knew what to do...scratch the table beside the unworthy food. It was snort-worthy for us, and perhaps silly for you. Trust me. It could come in handy as a family communication tool depending on who is cooking....

[Kona2]

Tomorrow...and for the next 27 days !!

What you need to do: go to your challenges page, and select the charity of your choice from the Concept2 list!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.05 MM Ron Mac
2.75 MM David A
1.5 MM Trevor
1.15 MM Patrick Hmr

65 MM Lunie Team Meters

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

William H 2,000 m
Howard 3,011 m
Brett 3,497 m
Sorin 4,000 m
Danny 5,000 m
Pat E 5,100 m
Carol 6,888 m
Patrick Hsr 7,000 m
Jeff D 7,444 m
Gene 7,451 m
Tombeur 7,481 m
Rene 8,022 m
Ed 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Michael C 10,000 m
Vanessa 10,020 m
Glen 10,077 m
Brent 10,098 m
Ron W 10,116 m
Patrick Hmr 11,300 m
Zach 12,798 m
Dennis 13,431 m...a palindrome!
Stuart 14,575 m
Angelo 15,000 m
Trevor 17,673 m
David A 18,223 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Ron 21,812 m..a palindrome and the lone mooner!!