NWTA Black Rock Shuttle Day Fundraiser Event

Just now... I emailed you and all participants registered for the event just now to answer this and many other questions.

Here is it for posterity however...

The Simple Facts / All You Need to Know...
#1 get to Black Rock Mountain Bike Area trailhead, and follow signs to event Parking area.  (there are directions on page at http://nw-trail.org/2010shuttleday).#2 Park (up above Orange gate along the Socialist Valley RD) - depending on what time you arrive you'll be parking 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile from Basic Training (where the check-in/truck loading is at)#3 Get yourself, your bike, and your gear to the Basic Training area where the CHECK-IN / INFO table will be located#4 fill out a waiver, get a wristband, and wait for a truck to arrive.
More info...
No, you don't need to bring proof of payment (if you got this email then you name is on list).  There is a Master List with your name, username and email address which the volunteers will be checking off after you sign waiver - then they hand you a wristband (and a lunch ticket).  Don't loose either of those or you'll be sorry (you'll have to spend precious time begging for a replacement instead of riding!).
SHUTTLES
Starting at 12:30pm on Saturday, July 24th (for those who have donated at least $75) and at 9am on Sunday, July 25th... Trucks will be leaving continuously from Basic Training to top of Mount Brown (most of the way to beginning of all the Black Rock trails).   We have 3 trucks... ONE HUGE 24' stakebed (with loading gate to step up onto) and TWO 16' stakebed trucks (without loading gate but we'll have a platform to step up onto).
We are DONE at 4:30pm on Sunday.   (We'll ride until people don't wanna ride no more on Saturday night!)- Hide quoted text -
LOADING
YOU load your bike and yourself onto the truck.   We'll have a volunteer who can help assist, but for fastest loading time - it's worked best to have riders load themselves.  Every other person leans against opposite side of truck with front wheel braced between legs and you hold onto your bike/side of truck.   It works great, trust us!  ;)

LUNCH
...is provided for those who donated/signed-up for event by Wednesday, July 21st.   If you signed-up later than Wednesday, then you'll want to pick something up to eat (A&N Home Town grocery in Falls City is closest place to Black Rock - you'll want to grab something before you get out to BR).
Menu: BBQ Pulled Pork sandwiches, chips, fruit cup.   Soda is extra (bring $$$).   Water is free (bring hydration pack or water bottle - depending on how ya roll).   Don't eat meat?  A&N Home Town grocery... they have stuff.
FIRST AID
Located at Basic Training on Sunday.   Friendly volunteers from Mount Hood Patrol are there to assist!
It's going to be hot, so be aware of signs of heat exhaustion/stoke.   DRINK WATER BEFORE YOU ARE THIRSTY!  Stay hydrated.

Heat exhaustion:

This condition often occurs when people exercise (work or play) in a hot, humid place and body fluids are lost through sweating, causing the body to overheat. The person's temperature may be elevated, but not above 104 F.

Heat stroke:

 Heat stroke, also referred to as heatstroke is a life-threatening medical condition. The person's cooling system, which is controlled by the brain, stops working and the internal body temperature rises to the point where brain damage or damage to other internal organs may result (temperature may reach 105 F or greater).

BIKE REPAIR
On Sunday, Riders and Sliders van will be at Basic Training with at repair tent fully stocked with most everything you'd need to get back on trail.  They'll have a bike mechanic on station all day.
ST240 Single Track Machine
Single Track LLC will have their production prototype on display at Basic Training.   It's the reason we're doing this shuttle day and what your money is going to help buy!

OTHER INFO
We will be showing Follow Me (and probably other biking vids) at Basic Training started at dusk on Saturday night.  All welcome.    You can thank Jacob Simmons for hooking us up with a killer sound system and a video projector to show vids.   He'll be playing music all day on Sunday at the truck loading area as well (make requests but don't be a jerk and try to stump the DJ with your weird music tastes - he's got a lot of MP3's but c'mon...!)
If you have ??'s day of event then go to the Info table at Basic Training (same place you checked in at).

BLACK ROCK FIRE SEASON REGULATIONS
NOTE!  This is a standard thing which happens every year and other than restrictions listed below does not impact the shuttle day event... As of July 24th, Black Rock Mountain Bike Area is now under a regulated closure due to fire season.  All lands protected by the WEST OREGON Forest Protection District and all forestland within one-eighth mile thereof is affected by this regulated closure.
NWTA does have legal access to the land under event permit (good thing we got that), but here are the restrictions:   Do NOT smoke in your vehicle except when traveling on improved (paved) roads, open fires are prohibited (Portable cooking stoves using liquefied or bottled fuels are allowed), chainsaw use prohibited, fireworks are prohibited; cutting, grinding and welding of metal is prohibited.   Possession of the following fire fighting equipment is required while traveling, except on state highways, county roads and driveways: one shovel and one gallon of water or one 2½ pound or larger fire extinguisher.
Maps of the subject area may be viewed at the State Forester's Office, in Salem, Oregon, and at principal offices of the Forest Protection District.  Definitions of words and phrases used in this proclamation may be found in ORS 477.001, OAR 629-041-0005, and at: https://oregon.gov/ODF/FIRE/Closures/definitions.pdf

THANK YOU!!
We are hosting this shuttle day to raise funds to help pay for an ST240 machine, trailer, and operator training.  It's your donations which will allow us to make the down payment NEXT MONTH which will kick off the manufacturing process to have an ST240 built up for NWTA.   It is the RTP grant for $75,000 that will allow us to pay the remainder of the balance for that purchase, but still... it's your donation that got it all started!   SO THANKS!  You rock.

All participants must login to nw-trail.org, and sign-up for event at http://nw-trail.org/2010shuttleday  please see the FAQ.

Please send me email (joer@nw-trail.org) with the username of your son so that your donation on his behalf can be noted.

See Step 1 above.  There's a link to submit donation via paypal, or you can mail a donation with "ST240" as memo.  MUST be received by date of event in order to reserve spot on shuttle.

3 weeks to go.  Now is when the registrations happen FAST.  if you wait to donate and sign-up, you WILL miss out.   And then I'll have to feel sorry for you... and you'll have to show up day of the event and hope other people weren't able to make it at last minute and then maybe can get in on the shuttle.  but that's no way to live...

It gets to be very difficult to avoid overlap with all NW events between May and September.

Had originally shot for Memorial Day weekend, but Flow Cup got scheduled for that weekend.  Then was looking at a June weekend but it was a Fluidride... then proposed an early July timeframe but that was a big event NWTA had already slated (Mount Helens Fest).

Finally, I pretty much just said F it!  And slated for end of July cuz I figured there wasn't a free weekend anytime (even if Fall or mid-Winter there's all the build days and the cyclocross stuff...) After last shuttle day at Black Rock, I kinda promised people that I'd avoid the rainy season for shuttles. That reminds me, here's pics from past shuttle days at Black Rock -- http://itzphoto.smugmug.com/Mountain-Biking/Black-Rock-Shuttle-Day  And here's more -- http://itzphoto.smugmug.com/BRMBA-Shuttle-Day-fundraiser 

But sorry you won't be able to attend the shuttle day.  Please consider donating towards the ST240 machine cuz that thing is gonna help put more trail on the ground in local area plus help maintain some existing stuff that needs to be re-routed or have grade reversals added, etc.