Shenanigains
Overview
I made six ascents, which put me at 29th out of 31 participants, but I beat all the people who stayed home. Oh wait, since there was a limit to the number of entrants, my presence kept someone at home1.
Winners
We were all winners, because Julie and Dustin put on great races. However, my pen-pal Guillermo Canedo did 26 ascents for 13,000 official feet of gain (but his Strava says 14,209). 2022's Feral Hog 50k winner Adam Drozek did 21, pipping all the lazybones who only did 20. Anyone who did 20 or more ascents got this super cool fake rock. That led to a seven way tie for third place.
Labe Kopelov, from Bedford Indiana, was one of the third-placers. He deserves a special mention, because he's sixty-nine years young. However, he doesn't win the furthest traveled (at least according to UltraSignup's City field), since Kevin Stewart is ostensibly from Carmel Maine.
More Later…
Just kidding. I explained my predicament to the race directors and made sure that I was the last person on the wait-list, precisely because I didn't want to tie up a slot.