LUNA-TICS TEAM ROOM: Year-round "Looney" fun.

[Kristine Strasburger]

Here are a few pics from our hike, 4 miles up the mountain, to St. Paul Lake in Montana - Grizzly bear country, but thankfully we didn't see any.







And welcomes, congratulations and get-well-soons to all as it applies to you. So much has happened since I last logged on here.

[Toothdoc]

Welcome Claire, always need another mega erger.

Congrats Rodrigo, nice!

You da erger Mimmie!!!!!!!!!!!

Danno

[DuluthMoose]

Thanks for posting the great photos of your hike Captain! I had to look several times at that #2 photo. Sure looked like a griz in the foreground on the left side of the lake. But must be a stump instead. Looks like you had full gear for an overnighter.

[Kona2]

How to view who is on the team...

One way to view who is on the Fall Rowing Challenge team is to follow this pathway: if you look to the top of the forum pages, you will see Motivation (this doesn't appear if you are logged into your logbook - go figure). Click on Motivation, and go to challenges - team. Then you can select Fall Rowing Challenge (FRC), and you'll see this year's great logo. In the lower righthand corner of the page, you'll see a link that will take you to 2009 FRC Team Standings. Click on this. When you see our team name, you can click on this (even though it shows the final team member numbers and team meters for 2009, it will show THIS year's team members who are currently signed on) and see who has signed up. We are 18 strong right now!

You have to belong to a team for this challenge, and many who might either row as individuals without a team designation the rest of the year, may choose to sign on with us or another team for the team challenge segments of the rowing year. We're an open team - and welcome all who choose to join us!

Whoosh.....that was August flying by....welcome September!

Season meters as of 123/365 = 22,298,881 m

Total meters on the day = 204,781 m

Oars in space (participation) = 22 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:
500K Mike M... Leaky Tiki hits a cool half million! Well done!

Fireworks at the ready! We have MANY teammates who are on their way to some serious celebrating! Whether you're headed for a milestone with six zeroes attached, or one with five zeroes attached....you're doing some great rowing! Stick with it! Collect the loot!

TWO Million Meter Watch:
Minnie with (28,447 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:
AJ with (57,996 m) to go!

Baz with (60,888 m) to go!

Jim with (63,731 m) to go!

Red giant in the sky as Will S posts 53,316 m

Congratulations to all who rowed today!

Tracy 5,528 m
Ted 6,000 m
Peter G 7,500 m
Mike C 7,649 m
Tim 10,000 m
Wild Bill 11,124 m
David T 12,000 m
Rodrigo 12,733 m
Mike M 13,000 m
Baz 14,063 m
Darryl 14,322 m
Dan 17,224 m
AJ 20,063 m
Will S 53,316 m

[Kristine Strasburger]

For those of you who are asking, in my above posted picture, Tim is not standing on higher ground than the rest of us. He is over 6'5" now. We spent two nights camping there, so yeah, the packs were a little heavy. We brought more food than needed, but better to have too much than too little when you are that far from the car.

[Kona2]

Noticing that some of the leaves in the treetops are starting to look a bit different here and there...

Season meters as of 124/365 = 22,535,960 m

Total meters on the day = 237,079 m

Oars in space (participation) = 21 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations: You're on the brink!!!

From across the pond, Claire adds some on the water meters....a bunch of them...sculling? In what?
Six half moons in the Luna-Tic rowing universe today, and some ever steady contributions that are just as important to our journey:

Peter G 3,500 m
Mitch J 7,006 m
Kristine 12,037 m
Rodrigo 12,520 m
Mike M 13,000 m
Darryl 14,476 m
Jim 15,361 m
Chris 21,097 m
AJ 22,126 m
Wild Bill 24,549 m
Dave H (AUS) 25,000 m hooyah!
Danno 28,407 m
Claire 38,000 m

Have a great rowing session - whenever and wherever you row! And if you're on the DL (disabled list), good healing -- take time to make it right!

[Kona2]

Join up! The roster is open! 23 team members as of this morning...
We've had fireworks at the ready for this two million meter celebration for awhile!


Congratulations, Chris, on achieving a TWO million meter season! Hooyah and well done!!


Congratulations, all! You made it through the week - and put a lot of meters on the honor boards!

Season meters as of 125/365 = 22,740,437 m

Total meters on the day = 204,477 m

Oars in space (participation) = 24 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.0 MM Chris
500 K Kristine


Thanks to today's rowers for some stellar meters:

Noelle 1,230 m
Peter G 4,000 m
Steven L 7,147 m
David T 10,000 m
Tim 10,000 m
Jim 10,012 m
Tracy 10,396 m
William H 11,123 m
Kristine 12,152 m
Baz 14,086 m
Darryl 14,540 m
Chris 21,097 m and a half moon for the half marathon
Brian 22,515 m and a half moon for the greater than 21,097 m posting
AJ 24,061 m and a half moon
Danno with 32,118 m gets a half moon

It's a long weekend on the US side of the rowing equation - enjoy it !

[rsdavr]

I just joined the Luna-Tics in order to participate in the Fall Team Challenge. I look foward to the rowing along with the rest of you. My name is Ross Drown and I've become a C2 erg addict as of two months ago. I don't know much about rowing, teams, or challenges, but I'll try to do my part. Thanks for inviting me to join.

[William H]

We've had fireworks at the ready for this two million meter celebration for awhile!



Congratulations, Chris, on achieving a TWO million meter season! Hooyah and well done!!

Great job, Chris!

Honored to be in your wake

[William H]

I just joined the Luna-Tics in order to participate in the Fall Team Challenge. I look foward to the rowing along with the rest of you. My name is Ross Drown and I've become a C2 erg addict as of two months ago. I don't know much about rowing, teams, or challenges, but I'll try to do my part. Thanks for inviting me to join.

Welcome aboard, Ross ... don't fall off the Erg - you might Drown ...

OK, bad jokes aside, you are warmly welcome

If you like us, stay around for the season - great motivation and a wonderful bunch of folks.

[Toothdoc]

We've had fireworks at the ready for this two million meter celebration for awhile!



Congratulations, Chris, on achieving a TWO million meter season! Hooyah and well done!!


Hey Chris great mileage for this early in the year. But don't look back..........

Welcome aboard Ross

danno

[just27]

... great mileage for this early in the year. But don't look back..........

danno

Thx, Dan, William ... girls rock! (insert girl smilie face here)


Welcome, new rowing people. The team motivation and C2 incentives are everything that counts. (Plus a good movie to watch whenever you sit down to erg. But, that's just me.)

[DuluthMoose]

Congratulations, Chris, on achieving a TWO million meter season! Hooyah and well done!!

Well done 27! Congratulations on rowing 2 Million Meters this rowing season!

Ross - Welcome. You are now a card carrying Luna-Tic!

I am packing for an end of summer 8 day canoe trip into the Quetico. This will be about a hundred mile loop trip in a tandem tripping canoe with a former colleague. It is his first trip into Quetico and I'm sort of a coach on this one. Not going to be a guide, because this guy is along to learn.

[cdykstra01]

hello LUNA-TICS!

I just signed on with the team for the FRC and beyond, hopefully. I generally pick up my erging this time of year, and pull on through the january challenge. I just crossed over 4million lifetime meters, most of which has been on my old Model B.

DuluthMoose, enjoy your trip to the Quetico! I'm about 90 miles south of you, and have been to the park annually since 1995. The late season trips are the best, IMHO... no bugs, few people and great fishing. Have fun!

Charles Dykstra

[William H]

hello LUNA-TICS!

I just signed on with the team for the FRC and beyond, hopefully. I generally pick up my erging this time of year, and pull on through the january challenge. I just crossed over 4million lifetime meters, most of which has been on my old Model B.

DuluthMoose, enjoy your trip to the Quetico! I'm about 90 south of you, and have been to the park annually since 1995. The late season trips are the best, IMHO... no bugs, few people and great fishing. Have fun!

Charles Dykstra

Welcome aboard, Charles!

The more the merrier