34 runs in one day at Crabbe is alot of skiing...

This past Sunday was the Mt. Everest Ski & Snowboard Challenge... a fundraiser for the Crabbe Mountain Volunteer Ski Patrol. Take your first run from the lodge to the chairlif and add 34 runs on top of that and you will have skied the height of Mt. Everest in vertical drop... 29,029ft.

Gotta give kudos to Andy Cotter for finishing 1st... two years in a row. Here's the list of Everest Challenge finishers provided by the Crabbe Mountain Volunteer Ski Patrol:

Andy Cotter - completed 29,029ft.
Tied for 1st.Matt Rutledge - completed 29,029ft.
Tied for 1st. Roger Pickel - completed all 29,029ft.
Tied for 2nd. First day on skis this season.
Jason Crawford - completed 29,029ft...NO Breaks!!! Tied for 2nd
Kevin Duguay - completed 29,029ft. 3rd place solo.
Lorraine Woodford - completed 29,029ft. 4th place solo. 1st Female to finish.
Jenny Wheaton - completed 29,029ft. (Mother Lorraine above BEAT daughter)
Cassandra Stairs - completed 29,029ft.
Wyatt Sewell - completed 29,029ft. (age 12)
Ben O'Blenis - completed 29,029ft. (age 12)
Brandon Bustard - completed 29,029ft.
Nick Morgan - completed 29,029ft.
Les Jones - completed 29,029ft. Patroller
Ethan McCarthy - completed 29,029ft.
Amos McCarthy - completed 29,029ft. First day on skis this season.
Ian McKessock - completed 29,029ft. Son of Rookie Patroller George.
Craig Cameron - completed 29,029ft.
Bruce Cameron - completed 29,029ft.
Gord Allen - completed 29,029ft.
Justin Goddard - completed 29,029ft.
Steve Willis - completed 29,029ft.
Darrell Hennigar - completed 29,029ft.
Matt Dykeman - completed 29,029ft.
Barry Watson - completed 29,029ft.
Peter McGaw - completed 29,029ft.
Ben Graham - completed 29,029ft.
Benito Zefferino - completed 29,029ft.
Norm Seely - completed 29,029ft. Late registrant still finished...good job.

I started at 9:15am and got done around 3:45pm even did a victory run down Harold's to finish off the day! Now that was alot of skiing and even more time on the chairlift. I figured out that i spent a total of 4.08 hours on the chairlift on Sunday. (35 trips up @ 7 mins per trip = 245 min or 4.08 hrs). - SB

PS. Looks like we have a storm heading our way for late Wednesday... could be a powder day on Thursday am. Get lots of work done tomorrow, you might be calling in sick on Thursday am.