The event is finally here and “It’s Go Time.” Memorial Day Weekend 2010 (May 28-30th 2010) in Gunnison, CO brought some good weather for The Second Annual 24 hours of Gunnison Glory . Our routes are set and we’re looking forward to a great event. Now that it’s here, the chaos of the weeks leading up to it definitely feel worth it. With a handful of worthy causes, the climbers seem ready for a challenge.
Of the 70+ climbers in attendance, few truly pushed towards the 24 hour goal and instead chose to climb hard, have fun and stay safe sleeping when it seemed needed and waking with the sun to push one another once again. For those that did attempt to push against the 24 hours, the fights hardest crux was climbing against near freezing temps from 4-6am during this years mild Gunnison Spring season.
Jason Flaster from NY, was the events lone wild man…keeping himself and others motivated enough to keep at it for the entire 24 hours long, we all made sure to tip our hats to him as he sort of stood by with energy drink in hand during our Golden Ticket Raffle and Awards Ceremony.
As far as, who climbed the most routes, two local climbers, Josh Duft and Caleb Justice, climbing in the 12 hour youth category compiled over 150 routes between them throughout the day to score more points than anyone else throughout the weekend. Everyone had a great time.
Even more impressive was that even with one of the wildest weekends Hartman Rock Recreation Area has ever seen, including three events that attracted over 650 participants (24 Hours of Gunnison Glory, Gunnison Growler bike race and the Sage Burner foot race) without leaving a permanent scar. With Leave No Trace ethics in mind all participants, workers and spectators came, played and respected each other and the land enough to leave room to grow for next year.
All in all it was a big success.
In my final post, I’ll cover challenges for next year.
Alec Solimeo
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