Last Chance - Fri/Sat June 22/23, 2007

Last Chance - Fri/Sat 22/23 June, 2007

Western States 2007 (3 of 6) :

The Aid Station at mile 43 has been provided by Striders for 26 consecutive years. A proud record. The Station's called 'Last Chance' because it's on the site of a ghost mining village of that name. The village was finally deserted in 1970. At one time, I believe there were about 130 living there. Today, it's forested wilderness.

We camped on Friday night. Our first runner arrived at 11.21am and the station closed at 5:15pm. It's very convenient - there's no pressure to set up in the morning and folks who are pacing and crewing are able to work on the aid station before going off to their next supporting role further down the trail.

The Club really appreciates the help given by non-members who volunteer (and members who volunteer). This year we had a record 50 volunteers from the club, San Jose Fit, WSER and other friends and nice folks. Thanks everybody who made this 'The Best Aid Station on Western States'.

Olivia at Last Chance

Linda

Dennis

Chatting

Bill and Gene

Camp fire

Eileen

Peter and Rob

Don tuning at night

Mark

The Captains

Jamie and Alice

Done tuning by day

Hard at work

The food stall

Stephanie

Dennis and Gayla

Gary

Rich

Medics

The Radio Station

Striders Banner

Coming into Last Chance

Penny, Maritza and Gerrard

Bob, Striders Banner and Mark

Eileen and Donna

Gwen

Hal Koerner (the winner)

Jay the photographer

Jay in action

The aid station from the exit point

David - first Aussie

Jean - first Strider

Charles and Mark

Charles is happy

Mark - third Strider

Mark's happy

Peggy - fourth Strider

Yuki

Chris

Carol

Barbs

Andrew tidying up

Dick

Don's got it tuned

Clearing up

Horses have arrived

Girls and horses

Penny packing

Peter and Gayla

Photos by Robin. Page created: Monday June 25, 2007