Randy
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As I was out for a leisurly 600 mile ride a few weeks ago, I thought about some sort of twist on a Long Distance rally. We all hear about rides such as the Texas Two-Step, the Spank Rally, Utah 1088, Mason Dixon 20-20, etc, but, as they are all geographically disperse, there doesn't seem to be any type of rally in which people from all areas of the country can participate. I was thinking about something along the lines of 'Poker Run Insanity'.
We've all heard of local clubs doing poker runs where they go stop-to-stop to pick up cards to form poker hands, but, they are usually very short and very boring. I was thinking of something along the lines of combining the modest challenge of doing a SS1000 and collecting (2) $1 chips (reasoning for the (2) chips listed below) from casinos in Vegas, Atlantic City, or Canada, and also casinos on the various Indian Reservations across the US that have gaming (click the following link to see the map that shows the states that have gaming - click on the state and the list of casinos pops up on the left border of the page https://www.indiangaming.org/mq/frame ).
Each participant must successfully complete a SS1000 and it's up to each rider to ensure he/she follows the guidelines.
The 2 reasons for getting (2) chips:
1) Keep 1 chip as a souvenier for your trip and you could have them framed with your SS1000 certificate
2) Send the other chip to the winner. The winner would be the rider that collects the most chips and also provides the appropriate documentation for completing the SS1000. It would then be up to the winner to travel the country and spend his/her winnings. In the event of a tie, the winner would be the rider that traveled the longest distance in the 24 hour period.
Obviously, there would have to be some guidelines to prevent someone from going to Vegas and collecting 1 chip from every casino - perhaps 1 chip for every 50 mile radius?
All participants would do the ride on the same day. Perhaps during the planning stages, riders from different areas could meet up with riders from different geographies on their way to collecting chips.
Obviously, this is very crude in the planning stages and I haven't even decided with any amount of certainty that I would want to try to pull this off, but, wanted to get some thoughts before I go any further.
Any idea if the IBA would consider being involved with something like this?
Does anyone know of any LD rally where participants from many geographies can participate simultaneously?
Any and all input is appreciated.
We've all heard of local clubs doing poker runs where they go stop-to-stop to pick up cards to form poker hands, but, they are usually very short and very boring. I was thinking of something along the lines of combining the modest challenge of doing a SS1000 and collecting (2) $1 chips (reasoning for the (2) chips listed below) from casinos in Vegas, Atlantic City, or Canada, and also casinos on the various Indian Reservations across the US that have gaming (click the following link to see the map that shows the states that have gaming - click on the state and the list of casinos pops up on the left border of the page https://www.indiangaming.org/mq/frame ).
Each participant must successfully complete a SS1000 and it's up to each rider to ensure he/she follows the guidelines.
The 2 reasons for getting (2) chips:
1) Keep 1 chip as a souvenier for your trip and you could have them framed with your SS1000 certificate
2) Send the other chip to the winner. The winner would be the rider that collects the most chips and also provides the appropriate documentation for completing the SS1000. It would then be up to the winner to travel the country and spend his/her winnings. In the event of a tie, the winner would be the rider that traveled the longest distance in the 24 hour period.
Obviously, there would have to be some guidelines to prevent someone from going to Vegas and collecting 1 chip from every casino - perhaps 1 chip for every 50 mile radius?
All participants would do the ride on the same day. Perhaps during the planning stages, riders from different areas could meet up with riders from different geographies on their way to collecting chips.
Obviously, this is very crude in the planning stages and I haven't even decided with any amount of certainty that I would want to try to pull this off, but, wanted to get some thoughts before I go any further.
Any idea if the IBA would consider being involved with something like this?
Does anyone know of any LD rally where participants from many geographies can participate simultaneously?
Any and all input is appreciated.
