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Trail and
Patrol News:
Event Season
Ends on a Hot Note!
I would like to thank all of the
NMBP members who came out Sunday and helped make this year's
Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon a safer place to run. Other races
held the same day in other cities were not as fortunate. It was
a long, hot, humid day, and I feel we helped a lot of people.
Thank you again for your commitment to the National Mountain
Bike Patrol and the Marathon. Your help was appreciated in
ways you cannot even begin to imagine.
Thanks again, and get some well
deserved rest.
Hans Erdman, WEMT
Medical MTB Team Coordinator
Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon
2007
From Dr. Bill
Roberts, Medical Director, Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon:
Thanks to all who
participated with the medical team yesterday. You will seldom have the chance to work in such stressful heat
conditions. I know that the runners appreciated your efforts and on behalf of
the
entire marathon I would like to thank you.
Thank you again.
Aloha,
Bill Roberts
Patrol
Provides New Bike for Park Rangers
The
Backcountry Trail Patrol Association has initiated a new program
to provide suitable mountain bikes to land managers on the
public lands that they patrol. The first park to receive a bike
under the program is
Lake
Maria
State Park
in
Monticello
, MN, and it’s camping and recreation unit at Sand Dunes State
Forest in
Orrock
Township, near
Zimmerman
,
MN
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Trail Condition
Reports:
NOTE:
For current Trail
Reports and Conditions, click on the links in the Table of
Contents (on left side) to go to the Trail Conditions page of
the SkinnySki.com website.
(Link below)
Trail Conditions
for the Minnesota trails we patrol will be posted at:
New
Bike Cont'd.:
The 2007
Trek 4500 Mountain Bike was provided and modified by Ramsey
Bicycle in
Ramsey
,
MN
, for use in the soft, sandy terrain found at Sand Dunes State
Forest’s Bob Dunn Recreation Area. The bike has aggressive,
2.5 inch wide, high flotation tires, a raised stem for a more
upright riding position, a rack and rack pack for carrying
patrol equipment, and a more comfortable saddle for extended
patrol riding. The tires, saddle and other specialty components
were donated by Wilderness Trail Bikes, of
Mill Valley
,
CA
, a long-time supporter of the Backcountry Trail Patrol. Funds
to purchase the bike were also donated by the Chequamegon Fat
Tire Festival mountain bike race in Cable, WI, and Emergicare
Medical Training of Isanti, MN, who also provided the rack pack
and a new first aid kit to carry in it.
In a unique
arrangement, the patrol will lease the bike to the park for
$1.00 a year, and will provide all maintenance and winter
storage for the cycle. In exchange, they will be able to utilize
the bike for medial support at certain off-road events such as
the 2500-racer Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival each September, and
for emergencies such as lost person searches or natural
disasters.
As funding
becomes available, the Backcountry Trail Patrol hopes to provide
suitable mountain bikes for US Forest Service Law Enforcement
and Forest Protection Officers in those National Forest units
where they are actively patrolling.
USFS MTB
Rangers!
Mt.
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest’s newly formed Mountain Bike
Rangers
(Click on
picture to go to the MB-SNF Website)
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