24 Hour Challenge Final Results

Gold Rush weather Karma conspired to bring the first rain of the season as dusk descended on this hotly contested race. The rain then continued all night sapping the pace and the spirits of the racers. Once over Crandall Peak teams followed a long ridge which dumped them into a thick dark forest with a maze of trails. Rain, mist, dead of might and not as map trails slowed racers.

At ACP 3 it took a load of willpower to get on bikes and depart for the cycle route to Melones Lake. The early teams began arriving at 7:27 and arrivals continued through the evening into the wee hours of Sunday morning. Several teams arrived at ACP 3 and called it a day after a long cold night in the woods on the tough but magnificent trekking section.

The first half of the bike course was a single track loop through Deer Creek coming out not too far from ACP 3. This proved the downfall of several more teams as after battling the rain and cold for several hours they bailed back to ACP 3.

Four teams did make it Melones Lake where the lead teams put on the water, avoided a big log jam and paddled the Stanislaus canyon to the finish at Tuttletown Rec Area.

'baarbed' writeup

'Dirty Avocados' writeup

'Barely Legal/Yoga Slackers ' race report

'Masterful Maniacs ' race report

Thanks to ' 'Hi Tec Sports' , 'Zombie Runners', 'Kool N Fit Sport' , AR Nav Supplies, Dinotte Lighting for some great lights, ‘Tuolomne County Association of Realtors' and Karen Hendy of Coldwell banker who was our registration host and meal sponsor, Bureau of Reclamation for lake access and finish venue, the Stanislaus National Forest, BLM and Shadowchase Running Club for their support.

And a special thanks to the most dedicated set of volunteers we could ever be fortunate enough to find - (in order of appearance!) Betsy Gilon, Kyle Richardson and family, Will Gilmore, Julie Gleason, Mary Phoenix, Vance and Martha Roget, Ed Miller, Barbara Elia, Jack Styer, John Styer, Penny Albuin, Dale and Loretta Ghaner, Heidi Ryan, Mike Ariza, Deborah Steinberg and daughter and friend, our climb site crew; John O'Donnel, Karl Royer, Jon Bonwick, Karen and our lake safety crew: Rex Nixon, Randy Emrich and Tom , Megan and finally Chuck Proctor.

Thanks from Gold Rush Adventures

Adrian Crane, Mark Richardson, Yitzhak Gilon, Carl Suffit , Cary Gregg

Award Winners

First Place	baarbed wire	$600.oo
Second Place	Dirty Avocados/Thin Air	$300.oo
Third Place	Radioactive Beagles	$150.oo
Masters category(45+ average years)	SOAR	$150.oo

Results

*Pos*	*Last CP*	*Time*	*Team*	*Members*	*Hometown*
1	Finish	27:02	109 baarbed wire	Galen Pewtherer, Mari Chandler, John Owens	San Francisco
2	Finish	27:14	112 Dirty Avocados/Thin Air	Mats Jansson, Jaquie Wollman, Mike Chastaine, Adam Doti	Petaluma, Folsom
3	Finish	29:17	111RadioActive Beagles	Robert Beauchamp, Steve Caswell, Tiffany Meyer	Davis
4	CP 19	24:45	116 Dancing Pandas	Bill Schwaab, Tim Kwenster, Nick Milis, Masha Yroshevsky-Glanville	San Carlos San Diego
5	CP 17	12:12	120 Team Bleu	Cary Ward, Ken Ryhorchuk	Sunnyvale , Los gatos
6	CP 16c	11:36	113 True grit	Roger Pruett, Stacy Moller, David Darby	Orinda
7	CP 16c	12:43	102 Cyclepath	Nelson Snyder, Trevor Hostetter, Charlie Kharsa	Portland, OR
8	CP 16c	13:20	107 No Bus	Rich Brazeal, Scott Porter James Freeman, Melissa Cabrera	Menlo Park, Palo Alto
13	CP 16c	16:48	103 Barely Legal/YogaSlackers	Daniel Staudigel, Paul Cassedy, Erica Krimmel	Santa Cruz
9	CP 16a	13:54	105 SOAR	Tom Thomas, Bryan Thompson, Tracy Evans, Therese Connor	Redding
10	CP 15	15:12	110 Lucky	Jeremy Olsen, Shana Whitehurst Bob La Panja, Johnny Ryan	Ben Lomond, Sacramento
11	CP 15	15:45	115 AR Nav Supplies	Mark Manning, Mike Prindiville, Sarah McCullough	San Francisco
12	CP 15	15:45	118 Big Bull Mouse Sky	Darrin Fredricks, Kristen Fredricks, Mark Henderson	Big Fork, Mt Reno, Nv
14	CP 15	18:08	114 Team Karma	Brien Crothers , Joann Grether	Boise, Id
15	CP 15	18:40	106 Cal Fire	Johnathan Crane, Steve Ewing, Julie Imlach	Modesto/ Sonora
16	CP 15	18:45	101 Sputnik	Nicholas Giori, Kathy Giori Thomas Proulx, Scott Delp	Stanford
17	CP 15	29:45	104 Masterful Maniacs	Ray Kablanow , Carey Gregg, Debra Cook, Derek Castle	Modesto
18	CP 12		121 Dark Burrow	Ryan Bolding, Geoff Winnie	Costa Mesa
19	CP 11		108 Sundawg	Michelle Bearmar, Doug Bearmar	Ramona
20	CP 11		119 Ephinephrine	Jason Van Horn, Tony Bigelow , harol Shabaz	Modesto
21	CP 6		117 Ruby Red Slippers	Leslie Ramey, Monica Arancibia, Delta Esparza	San Diego