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Agony Ride

2004-06-28 17:05:24.307455+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

In the visit to Charlene's brother's place we talked about their training for The Agony Ride, see how many miles you can do in 24 hours. I have the usual atheist skepticism about organizations like Christian Encounter Ministries, but I was intrigued because it's been a long time since I've had a real physical challenge, I need to keep my eyes open for something like that that's more inline with my beliefs. It's also interesting that a HAM club up in the Sierra uses that ride as an exercise of their emergency systems and procedures (Google HTML version), I guess cyclists at 3:30 A.M. is about as close to disaster as you can simulate.

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#Comment Re: made: 2004-06-28 18:42:02.16875+00 by: petronius

There are a lot of HAM clubs that do things like this. I have some HAM friends who help out with Ironman marathons in Hawaii, where they live. Apparently the system works, since they have done real service to the state when the biannual typhoon sweeps thru and knocks down all the phone lines. In that case, their HAM net offers excellent coverage alongside FEMA and Navy systems on Oahu.