FCR2000: MADXJ Games

Fall-Color Run 2000, McCaslin, WI: October 2000

by: Scott Rozman
The First ever MADXJ Games Night Rally was the brain child of Andreas. Instead of just a night trail run, the idea to come up with a friendly little competition was born. Scott and Andreas set out with the task of coming up with various Checkpoints on McCaslin Mountain and a point system to determine a Winning Team. For the actual event, it was fortunate that we had a few volunteers to help out at the checkpoints. It seemed as fun watching things progress from "behind the scenes" as it did from being a participant. Andreas was faced with the task of visiting all of the checkpoints, dropping off the checkpoint checkers, setting up signs for the un-manned checkpoints and getting himself to his checkpoint #2. Fortunately, we had a successful network of radios, using both CB and 2M ham radio, so that those behind the scenes always knew what was going on.... and when necessary, Scott was able to remote navigation to get the checkpoint teams in location. GPS and the map that Andreas made were invaluable for this process. Scott stayed at camp, tallied scores and coordinated things over the radios. Below, you can see the results and the final point tallys. "The Short J's" ended up having some difficulty once they got in the Pine Clearing area. Unfortunately, the map is an evolutionary process, so the GPS locations were a bit inaccurate for that area. The two other teams went more from the grid square clue in combination with the word "Pine Clearing" on the map, so were able to continue finding clues. "The Short J's" came back by a bit of intuition and headed for Mission Impossible, a location that was a sure landmark to try. After finding Roy and Andreas at Mission Impossible, they were able to finish the course. Originally the plan was to only have minimal emphasis on time, but in the true spirit of competition, these teams really managed to make some time on these trails. To their credit, every came back safe and with not much more than a few underbody dents and scrapes. The remaining checkpoint teams were the last to make it out of the woods after taking a stick through the sidewall of one of Andreas' tires. It seemed that a great time was had by all. As the teams rolled back into camp, they were really fired up, talking about everything that just happened as they waited to see who would be next to roll back into camp.
Photo: Andreas Ritterbusch		Scott seting up the base station. Unfortunately, this picture was taken before all the antennas and equipment was in place. Who could have known that Scott brought an entire ham shack with him?
	"The XXXJ's" Bryan Baker's XJ with navigator, Scott Kephart's XJ with navigator, Justin Phillips	"The Short J's" Josh Schwiesow's YJ with navigator John Schwiesow Don Wessenberg's CJ with navigator Tristan Seidel	"Dos Equis" Jeff Ayers' XJ with navigator David Ayers TJ Bob with navigator Mike Jarvis
CB Channel	5	10	15
Start Time	8:20;30pm	8:57pm	9:10pm
Finish Time	11:18pm	11:41pm	11:06pm
Total Minutes	177.5 min	164 min	116 min
Comp Time for Delays	40 min (25 + 15)	0	0
Min Behind Fastest	21.5 min	48 min	0
Time Penalty -2 / min	-43	-96	0
Team Ave. RTI / 10	95.15	79.85	93.95
Walking Trail Checkpoint covered by David Seidel	50	50	50
Bottom of the Rock Hill covered by Andreas Ritterbusch	75	75	75
Rock Hill Bonus both vehicles drive	50	50	50
Top of Cement Mixer covered by Tim Palen and friend Jim	50	50	50
Pine Clearing - unmanned "the Pumpkin"	50	0	50
The Ravine - unmanned "the Ghost"	75	0	75
The Ravine uphill driving bonus	100	0	100
Mission Impossible Top covered by Roy Bragg	75	75	75
Mission Impossible Bottom, covered by Andreas Ritterbusch	75	75	75
"Whiner's Bonus" for doing the cancelled bonus towing the 2nd vehicle to checkpoint 1	0	50	0
Grand Total	652.15	408.85	693.95 Winners!

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