Pointless Prize: KOT and QOT

[Judd]

Chasing King of the Mountain and Queen of the Mountain segments on Strava is so passe. All of the elite Freezing Saddles participants are now competing to be King of the Trail or Queen of the Trail. Being KoT or QoT is easy. All you have to do is volunteer to take care of the parks and trails that provide safe places and beautiful views while you’re on your bike. I’ll post opportunities to score points here and encourage others to do the same. Points are available for any activity involving improving a trail, a park or a waterway.

Points will be awarded for the following and are subject to arbitrary additions and awards of bonus points:
Reporting a problem about a trail – 1 point (Example would be a 311 report or contacting NPS when the shutdown is over)
Solo act of goodness – 2 points (Example would be stopping to clear glass from a trail, remove a branch or “Lumberjacking” an issue)
Attending a trail advocacy meeting – 4 points (Example would be new Long Bridge meetings or Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail meetings)
Taking out the trash at a National Park during the shutdown – 5 points (I hear Belle Haven Park could use some help right now)
Taking someone for a ride on a trail that they’ve never ridden before – 5 points
Volunteering for an event – 5 points (Example would be cleanups, invasive removal or maintenance events)
Organizing an event – 15 points (Example is Sarah Bee’s Anacostia River Trailcleanup this Saturday

To score points, post a description of the awesome thing you did along with a picture. Slam that stem on your carbon fiber trash grabber and get to work. The King of the Trail and the Queen of the Trail will win a super neat prize to be determined, which I promise is not a framed picture of Lord of the Mark.

The official leaderboard is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ehDM7UpJs2hVvBvXQ3NiUlqRaBmnyRFx9VHit09uni4/edit?usp=sharing

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[Judd]

@ChristoB50 188972 wrote:

My final Trail Love / Trash Vendetta of FS2019… (but certainly not the last of 2019!)
It wasn’t a biking day, due to some conflicts so this called for some CB-QPB’s… Car Based Quick Pick Bags!
I stopped near my usual stretch of 4MR and ended up filling 3 bags, picking up a VW hubcap, a pizza box and a rusty bike chain!
To make it a perfect finale, @Judd came riding by as I’d finished… Happy Birthday, Judd!

Waving farewell to FS2019…
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Chris B gets two points for picking up some trash. Bonus point for running into me. Bonus point for wishing me Happy Birthday. Bonus point flipping off the trash. 5 points!

[Judd]

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Queen of the Trail and King of the Trail competition this year. It was a lot of fun to see some of the creative ways that people cleaned up trails and carried snow shovels on bikes and the interesting things found. I hope that everyone will continue to be good stewards of the trail. Our network will only be good and continue to improve if people like you continue to care and put in the work to build and maintain it. I’m looking forward to giving away the super fun prizes tomorrow night. Final standings are below:

Participant Queen
Chris W 94
Josephine 77
Erin 47
Robyne 28
Sarah Bee 20
Samantha 18
Millie 15
Jo 15
Kate 12
Jessica 6
Carol 4
Neve 1

Participant King
Chris B 117
Chris M 109
Casey 62
Steve O 39
Ken L 36
Ricky 31
Sam 29
Mr Happy 28
Leo 22
Boomer 17
Jeff L 15
Dana 15
Coppertop 15
Collier 15
Bob 15
Andy 12
HF 7
Adam 7
Ken N 3

[ChristoB50]

@Judd 189243 wrote:

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Queen of the Trail and King of the Trail competition this year. It was a lot of fun to see some of the creative ways that people cleaned up trails and carried snow shovels on bikes and the interesting things found. I hope that everyone will continue to be good stewards of the trail. Our network will only be good and continue to improve if people like you continue to care and put in the work to build and maintain it. I’m looking forward to giving away the super fun prizes tomorrow night.

Thanks, Judd for hosting the KOT/QOT Pointless Prize during FS (although I can’t think of anything pointless in the actions required for us to increase our scores here!)
And thanks @reji for the marvelous quick-pick-bag idea, shared back at Valentine’s Day! So simple to execute, while so positive and effective!

[Judd]

I stole a couple of pictures from Wheels&Wings Strava of the KOT and QOT awards.

Chris B with his folding trash grabber for being King of the Trail.
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Chris M and his riding partner with the collapsible snow shovel for coming in second in KOT points. Josephine also received a collapsible snow shovel, suitable for carrying in a bike bag.
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And from the Twitters: Chris W and Erin were not able to make it to closing happy hour because they were at a pedestrian safety training but I was able to arrange for the folks at Walk Arlington to award their prizes.

https://twitter.com/ErinMeter/status/1111042870855847938

[CBGanimal]

Thanks Judd it was so cool that you arranged for us to get our prizes in front of the whole class! [emoji2]

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