willy6743 wrote:
> When I saw the LKHC schedule that was posted yesterday to the message
> board, I was disappointed that the classic OLH climb was not in the
> schedule. I can see that the organizers want to put some variety in
> the event, but I guess from my perspective, I would have liked to have
> that climb in the mix as a sort of benchmark to compare from year to
> year - not only my performance, but also the performance of the group
> as a whole. And what better climb to do it on than OLH?
>
> Anyway, hopefully in future years OLH will become a permanent climb so
> that we can gauge performances from year to year.

There's a very vocal local resistance to "events" on OLH. What we do is 100% legal (we violate no traffic laws; this is very different than, for example, a road race with controlled intersections and lane closures), but nevertheless, it's best to spread our activities around.

WRT the possible change on Metcalf: Kevin lived in San Jose, while I, Pete, and Patt are all further north. The final 4 climbs were all to the south, so we wanted to move at least one further north, which is easier for us to deal with, and to broaden the geographical region from which we can draw volunteers and coordinators.

Sierra Road has a tie to the TOC. Hamilton/Thanksgiving is quite popular. Welch Creek is a climb which promises to be a real challenge. Metcalf seems the lest bad choice for this year.

Dan