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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
VOL. 10 • ISSUE 36
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Main photo: The 11th annual Seven Summits Poker Ride took place on Sunday. Riders started the Seven Summits trail at Nancy Green, hitting seven stops on their way to the finish and collecting two poker hands. Inset top to bottom: Tammie and Mark Jordan upped the ante by getting married on Granite Mountain during the poker ride. Piers Bonifant accepts a new GoPro as a prize for the best first hand. Tim Robert triumphantly hoists his new helmet, which he received as a prize for the best second hand. Photos by Chelsea Novak CHELSEA NOVAK Rossland News
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It was a close call this year for the Seven Summits Poker Ride. Up until Tuesday when the area restriction on the Seven Summits trail was finally lifted, it looked like the ride might have to be cancelled this year due to the Big Sheep Creek fire. But luck was a lady, and the event went ahead as planned on Sunday. The 11th annual poker ride started
at the Seven Summits trailhead out at Nancy Greene. Nearly 100 riders hit seven stations along the Seven Summits and Dewdney trail collecting cards for two hands, and enjoying a treat courtesy of the Mountain Nugget Chocolate Company. “The tradition is fruit and chocolate fondue at the mid-station, along with things like water and mechanical assistance courtesy of Revolution,” said Tyler Merringer from Revolution
Cycle, who organized the event. “We generally have a lot more support out there then on a normal day when you’re all on your own.” At each station riders collected one card just for showing up. To earn a card for their second hand they had to play games and participate in activities. At the final station riders earned their second card by riding over a ramp, but riders who did a table-top
jump could earn a wildcard. Another station took a more political approach. “The first card station had pictures of Trudeau, Harper, Mulcair and the idea was you threw darts at the bodies of these politicians to cast your vote, and ... there was also cards along the bodies ... and depending on which card you hit with your dart, that was the card you got for your poker hand,” explained Merringer.
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