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

[Kona2]

(abandoned train car serving as a bridge to the other side - in India)

Must be some unique search engines that go with this train car....but what a different sort of infrastructure! You'd think that with the equipment it took to put the railcar into place, that something a little less teetery looking could be constructed...there's a story there...

[tobyj1]

K2
I see nonathlon site is back up, you are 10 places ahead of me, sorry I told you now!!!

Keith

[Kona2]

"Never give up! Never surrender!" Galaxy Quest lives on with all of us...or as the tagline would go...the show may be canceled, but the adventure lives on!

And so we head into the final three days of the Concept2 2017 Erging season with at least SIX of our teammates striving for an elusive milestone. The crescendo of team encouragement is growing in support of our fellow Lunies!

There may be MORE Lunies who are heading for the shimmering tape of their end of year milestone, but these six are in our view at the moment!

danwho with (5,298 m) to go for TWO million!
Dan O' with (13,574 m) to go for TWO million!
bg with (57,181 m) to go for TWO million!
Cheryl with (27,215 m) to go for ONE million!
Larry with (46,032 m) to go for ONE million!
Mark with (66,226 m) to go for ONE million!



Meanwhile, just a few days ago, the route for the 2017 Pedal the Plains three day ride was announced. This year's small town eastern Colorado ride goes through the towns of Kersey, Keenesburg, and Brush....with the theme of "Saddle Up! It's going to be a wild ride." Lions, tigers and bears....and they're ALL in Keenesburg at the Wild Animal Sanctuary. Yikes. Last year it was the Great Tarantula Migration down by the Comanche National Grasslands, and this year it's large, fast animals with big teeth. Incentive to ride faster! Here's a YouTube of the Santa Barbara version of the tarantula migration...and btw, the migration was NOT noted in our Rider Almanac as something to watch for....surprise! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltMwVKQapqM

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

9.25 MM Ed
3.4 MM David A
1.9 MM Patrick Hsr
950 K Larry
900 K Mark
800 K Ross
300 K Holger

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Julian 1,255 m
Heather 1,749 m
David T 3,500 m
Steve G 5,332 m
Ross 5,423 m
Paul 5,735 m
Louis 6,000 m
Will S 6,016 m
Keith 7,000 m
Ian 7,004 m
Donna 7,106 m
Patrick Hsr 7,221 m
Norma 7,777 m ....Shaun gives a shoutout to 00-Minnie with a Bondian palindrome!
Larry 8,000 m
Jane 8,008 m ...a special eights palindrome with a little interior double aught..
Tombeur 9,450 m
David A 10,034 m
danwho 11,011 m ...a palindrome!
Howard 11,171 m
Dan O' 12,016 m
Andrew 12,221 m ...a palindrome!
Minnie 12,321 m ... a palindrome!
Ron 14,441 m ...a palindrome!
Holger 17,083 m
Cheryl 21,097 m ...she moons us! Great gap closer!
bg 28,266 m ...speaking of gap closers...don't underestimate bg!
Ed 33,333 m ...a palindrome!
Mark 36,620 m

[Kona2]

K2
I see nonathlon site is back up, you are 10 places ahead of me, sorry I told you now!!!

Keith

Oh no! My times are so slow compared to yours (I still have some prorated numbers in there)...I just have that bonus set of numbers...it will be a fun pursuit in the 2018 erging season. Thank you for sharing it!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and put a GPS on the Tardis! Whoville is celebrating mightily as one of their premier citizens, danwho, has achieved a TWO million meter 2017 erging season! Congratulations, danwho! We wish you many, MANY more!

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and put a GPS on the Tardis! Whoville is celebrating mightily as one of their premier citizens, danwho, has achieved a TWO million meter 2017 erging season! Congratulations, danwho! We wish you many, MANY more!

woooooooo hooooooooooo and congrats :]

[danwho]

(abandoned train car serving as a bridge to the other side - in India)

Must be some unique search engines that go with this train car....but what a different sort of infrastructure! You'd think that with the equipment it took to put the railcar into place, that something a little less teetery looking could be constructed...there's a story there...

Thankwho for the 2MM shoutout!! I was trying to research this train car bridge a little. The Tardis just might come in handy. Initially I only selected the picture because it seemed to go well with Jane's train theme, and the with the idea of crossing over a milestone. But you're right... there seems to be a story here. I don't know a lot, but here is what I know. For one thing, it's not in India. That was a lie. It's in the country of Georgia, near its border with Armenia. Some call it the train carriage bridge of Ninotsminda (although it's outside of Ninotsminda). But, of course, the real (rail) question is why. And I couldn't find a reason to select an old rail car to go across that stream. But during my reading, I saw mention of a number of must-see bridges in Georgia (this being one), so it's possible it only exists as a novelty. As you will notice in this link, http://babakoto.eu/Weblogs/2014/04/Firs ... nglish.htm, tourism in the area is thriving. I also saw more than one person mention seeing this bridge while on a cycling trip, so maybe after Pedal the Plains, you might want to sign up for Aching for Armenia.

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and what a capstone! Congratulations, Dan O', on achieving a TWO million meter 2017 Erging Season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Larryrows]

Whoop, whoop and put a GPS on the Tardis! Whoville is celebrating mightily as one of their premier citizens, danwho, has achieved a TWO million meter 2017 erging season! Congratulations, danwho! We wish you many, MANY more!

Way to row Whoooooo!!

[Kona2]

As one of our local stations often touts on Fridays....CONGRATULATIONS...you made it through the week! But we're going bigger than that as we head into the final few days of the 2017 Erging Season...

Looms large!

MILESTONES IN WAITING....

3 MM
Thor's hammer needs to throw down (28,255 m) to reach 3 MM...we might need to send out an APB for Thor though...

2 MM
bg with (34,834 m) to go to reach 2 MM...don't count her out!

1 MM
Cheryl with (17,215 m) to go! You've got this!
Larry with (42,032 m) to go! Stretch assignment...but not impossible!

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

9.3 MM Ed
3.65 MM Tombeur
2.2 MM Norma
2.0 MM danwho
2.0 MM Dan O'
1.95 MM bg
1.4 MM Kevin
1.25 MM Dennis
950 K Mark
750 K Keith

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Julian 1,253 m
Rich M 2,000 m
FRiC 3,335 m
K2 3,768 m ...but I can explain!
Larry 4,000 m
Kevin 5,000 m
Steve G 5,299 m
Ross 5,422 m
Michael J 5,610 m
Steve W 5,672 m
Peter G 7,000 m
Jeff G 7,122 m
Patrick Hsr 7,177 m
Norma 7,777 m ....a lucky 7 palindrome!
Jane 8,238 m
Cheryl 10,000 m ...getting it done!
danwho 11,011 m ...a double aught double palindrome to crossover to 2 MM !
Howard 11,120 m
Will S 11,630 m
David T 13,000 m
Dan O' 13,637 m
Dennis 13,931 m ...a palindrome!
Ron 14,841 m ...a palindrome!
David A 15,018 m
Tombeur 15,294 m
Mark 16,645 m
Louis 18,000 m
bg 22,347 m
Keith 33,097 m
Ed 66,666 m ....a palindrome that's a twofer!

[danwho]

Whoop, whoop and what a capstone! Congratulations, Dan O', on achieving a TWO million meter 2017 Erging Season! We wish you many, MANY more!

Tandem Dans. Congratulations Dan O' !!!

[danwho]

K2 3,768 m ...but I can explain!

Please do... I never took notice before that you can take advantage of the number in your name to make an extended sequence or pailindrome. So K2 3,456, or K2 13312, Now I want a number.

[DavidA]

Whoop, whoop and put a GPS on the Tardis! Whoville is celebrating mightily as one of their premier citizens, danwho, has achieved a TWO million meter 2017 erging season! Congratulations, danwho! We wish you many, MANY more!

Woo Hoo!!

(If he is in the Tardis how can we sure in which year he did it? )

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and what a capstone! Congratulations, Dan O', on achieving a TWO million meter 2017 Erging Season! We wish you many, MANY more!

wooooooo whooooooooooooooo and congrats :]

[dob1928]

Whoop, whoop and what a capstone! Congratulations, Dan O', on achieving a TWO million meter 2017 Erging Season! We wish you many, MANY more!

Thanks everyone and congrats to all who hit their milestones this year. Felt like someone put that train car on the back of my erg. Didn't think I'd ever get there!!!