March 19, 2006
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How Alaskans Celebrate Spring
Whether you are sick of the Iditarod and glad it’s almost over (Ron
Cortte has finished in 64th place, Trent Herbst is out of Safety on the
way to Nome, four more mushers are taking their mandatory 8-hour
layovers in White Mountain, one is out of Elim on the way to White
Mountain, and Kristina Pawlaczyk is still in the Red Lantern position
in Elim.), or you enjoyed my reports and can’t get enough of Alaskan
winter sports, I’ve got something for you.
Next weekend is the Pillar Mountain Golf Classic on Kodiak
Island. The two-day, one-hole, par seventy classic, also known as
“Killer Mountain,” has only seven simple rules:
Official Rules
1. Ball must be played where it lies; a lost ball is a 2 stroke
penalty. In a totally unplayable lie, ball may be moved 5 club lengths
and no closer to the hole, and player must take a one stroke penalty.
If a ball is buried in snow and cannot be played, it is considered a
lost ball with a one stroke penalty, while ball may be moved five club
lengths and no closer to the hole.2. No two-way radios, dogs, tracking devices.
3. No chain-saws, or other power saws; hand-saws & hatchets are allowed.
4. Golfer may have only one caddie and one spotter; at least one person
in your threesome must be 21 years of age. MUST DRESS APPROPRIATELY!
(no hypothermia, please)5. No cursing golf officials ($25 fine) (yes – we’re “serious”!)
6. Take all your own trash off the mountain (including cigarette butts); leaving your trash could result in your elimination.
7. Don’t wake up the bears (5 stroke penalty…. unless you get away, then we’ll subtract 10 strokes!)
If you’re going to be in Kodiak and want to sign up for the Classic, just stop in at Tony’s Bar, or you can call 1-907-486-9489.
I’m sorta frustrated. I had some new pics I wanted to post and I
can’t get them from my camera to my hard drive. I’ve tried
restarting and re-restarting the computer, reinstalling the camera
software, and none of that worked. If you have any remote
cyber-tronic healing talent, send it my way. Practical advice
would also be welcome.
Comments (9)
Thank you for sharing this entry. Hope you enjoyed your weekend. Have a nice one. =)
I enjoyed the dog pics and the great scenery shots that my first look at the Iditarod has brought me…….
now, first let me say that there is nothing in this world i hate more than golf and the people who play. that being said… this sounds awesome! my kinda golf game. if i could, i would throw down and come up there to play in this.
i love alaska. i visited once on a business trip and syaed an extra day or so to look around. wound up at the Alyska ski resort. what a sweet place! What part of Alaska do you live in?
About the camera…have you checked that the memory card isn’t locked, there’s a tab on the side of SD ones?
Rule #7 makes a great deal of sense to me, despite my immediate hysterical giggle!
The Pillar Mountain Classic sounds killer. No rules against alcohol – sweet.
ryc: In Dreamland (cemetery) the gates are locked at 5:30 PM – except during summertime when they stay open to ‘dusk’ (yes, you must guess what the gatekeeper considers ‘dusk’ – ha). The gates at the two entry/exit points are wrought iron and formidable – if locked in, no getting over them there. And since the entire cemetery is ringed by fences, there is now way at all to get a car out unless a gate is opened. There are a few unadvertised and seldom visited spots along the fence perimeter where an average person can hop the fence to get out (or in!) And one can also call the police department to have them come open the gates, if necessary. However, that is usually a long, long wait. There is also a groundskeeper’s house in the cemetery (in an obscure, unadvertised, and not well-known location). And if the groundskeeper is home, you can get him to open the gate.
I got locked in once (with my car) and considered calling a pizza delivery place to bring pizza and beer and hand it to me through the gate. I tried to convince a cute college girl who coincidentally got similarly stranded at the same time (and who I ran into) to go in on the pizza idea but she insisted that she had to get out! Imagine that. Reluctantly, I sought the groundskeeper’s assistance and all was well. For her
‘no way’, even! Nothing like proofreading a submitted comment and being unable to edit it.
wow, my camera always uploads the pictures and then gets “stuck” and never closes out. *grr* gotta love modern technology.
be blessed and be light…