Well, despite COID and Delta and excessive river flows through the early months of 2021, our fleet has continued to venture out. The following is a statistical summary of our club paddling, year to date.
Trips and Miles
So far for 2021, HCC has had a total of 26 official events that would accrue club miles. A few of those are public events or events held by other organizations duly reported by a club member and attended by two or more. The total available distance to date is 454.42 miles. See the trip reports section for trip leader/participants reports on trips since the last newsletter! We’ve a total of 63 different participants in our trips, of whom 40 are official HCC members.
Trip Leaders
The following people have led trips or reported events so far this year:
- Bruce Bodson: 15
- Natalie Wiest: 7
- Kent Walters: 2
- Tom Douglas: 2
- Frank Ohrt: 1
- Chris Arceneaux: 2
Remember, we always need people to lead trips, and ideas for places to go! We could especially use trips of 12 miles or less, in the local area so we can continue to get more of our new members and less experienced paddlers out on the water.
Mileage Leaders
So far in 2021, the following people have done the most club miles. Remember, 100 miles or more qualifies you for the HCC 100-miler Award, which we hope to actually present at a live meeting in early 2022.
- Bruce Bodson- 233.73
- Brent Hwang- 130.79
- Constantin Platon-130.30
- Bob Naeger- 89.15
- Kent Walters- 85.02
- Christy Long- 83.93
- Tim Brooking- 82.96
- David Portz- 81.76
- A group of 4 (Duane Hecklesburg, Ken McCormick, Amy McGee, Kenny Pape) at 65.4 from the Buffalo River
- David Barrett- 56.99
- Natalie Wiest- 48.61
- Fran Wilcox- 45.92
- Karen Suggs- 35.34
Remember to keep checking the HCC Event Calendar and get out there and paddle! The end of the year always gets busy as the weather gets cooler. See the upcoming events section of the newsletter for more information.