I think a trail on the HC should be named after Igor. That would be perfectly fitting given all the work he put into the cut.
A sign on Bamberg would also be great.
I would gladly chip in towards any memorial cost.
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Frankenstein could be renamed. It was the first trail Igor and Ron designed.
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I still always refer to āIgorās Rockā on Frankenstein.
Something more would be a great idea.
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Now I donāt know what rock youāre referring to, but it immediately made me think of the memorial to Fred Schneider, located partway down Old Baldy:
Itās pretty classy/inconspicuous. A lot of people donāt even know itās there ā it āblends inā to nature quite nicely. Igor would want something like that. Perhaps something similar?
I do like like the other ideas here as well though.
Gaelen
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āIgorās Rockā is a feature to the side of the trail that you can ride over. Itās a fast section and not a great spot to stop and read, although the intersection for Frankenstein and The Bride might be a good spot.
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A memorial rock seems appropriate. Something immovable, part of the land and forest.
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Maybe at the junction of the trails. (I canāt remember what that area is called but where people stop to gather before hitting the different trails)
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The junction has no name that i know of ā i am assuming you mean the one by the start of Frankenstein.
If people are serious about this someone is going to have to talk to the Hydrocut Committee and I am not sure what their response will be like.
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Another suggestion was to have an annual MTB/trail award given in Igorās name.
I think this would be an excellent idea.
Thanks to Brent Ellis for a nice tribute to Igor at the WCC social last night.
I wrote a short piece about Igor in my blog a while back: A Tremendous Loss in the Cycling Community ā RideCycleSpin
He is missed.
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