Summit Update – 9/15/09
Big wheels were the term of the day yesterday. My climbing vehicle looked like something out of a Batman movie. Each of the four wheels was four inches in width—larger than a motocross wheel. The larger profile grew the wheels from 26” to closer to 29”. When my old wheels sat next to them they looked like toys—ridiculously small.
So we took Bomba, with the new Batman style wheels out for a test ride, and they worked great. I climbed up a steep pitch on rocks that were often bigger than basketballs. While it wasn’t easy, it was possible. The clock is ticking on us. Sunday is coming quickly, but we’re still working to improve the vehicles. Dave Penney has assembled a great team. A lot needs to come together in the next few days. It seems like a crazy situation, but I have a strange confidence that it will all work.
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