a Saturday in New Hampshire

Wasn't hard to find where we wanted to be.

As the northeaster that was a tropical storm that was Hurricane Noel approached the region, Lois, Carol and I headed out for the Woodsman meet at Ian's UNH. Jim, as a public works employee needed to stay behind in case the incoming inclement weather necessitated getting called in to work. Cloudy, cool and breezy when we arrived the participating colleges (U Maine, Unity College, Colby College, and Dartmouth) were all in attendance as the pre-meet meeting was about to begin. Ian spotted us and came over to greet us briefly as his attention was needed in preparation for the meet. As the host and being a club team they have spent a lot of time preparing and setting up for this event, then when it became apparent that there would be a storm coming in they needed to move the venue from where it was held last year to a nearby location the had an open-sided barn. There were a few events that could be held indoors so that solution turned out to work very well. Besides competing in several events Ian and his teammates would take part in running the different stations so they were very busy all day which ultimately would include cleanup. The rain came in around noon and it didn't take very long before everyone broke out the rain gear. Ian competed in the obstacle course, and three team events - pulp throwing, crosscut, and log rolling. It was a lot of fun watching him and everyone else - Maybe Ian can post the days results in a comment to this blog.

Lois and I are ready for the "hamming it up" event. This isn't your typical equipment at a college event is it?

Ian, Lois and Carol as Ian describes the days events.

Ian preparing to flip a skidder tire in the pulling relay. Once Ian gets the tire twenty feet the next teammate has to drag the skidder chain the same distance as well as the last teammate who will chain drag the 10 foot log the same distance. Each of these items are dead heavy.