...or possibly Leadville could I go to a mining competition over the weekend. It was so much fun! On Saturday, we went to the single jack competition, which was an individual pounding a chisel into a big rock. I know it sounds boring, but it wasn't. The competitors were fierce, pounding in rhythm to his or her chosen music, and using different methods. Today, we saw team drilling, which was exciting and loud, and the only team consisting of a man and a woman, not two men, took second place.
The third and last competition we saw was called machine mucking, which involved a person driving a machine with a bucket, scooping up what would normally have been mine tailings, and dumping it in a large bin. It was a timed event. The woman who came in second in the team drilling, LiErin, not only won the women's division, but her time was better than the two men who competed before we left. She was one of those women we all want to emulate, competitive but so supportive of everyone, man or woman, with whom she was competing.
Now that I know what each of the competitions are, I can't wait til next year.
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| single jack competition |
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| One of the rocks for team drilling |
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| antique machine for removing mine tailings |
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| start of team drilling |
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| view from Fellin Park |
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| LiErin, strong woman extraordinaire |
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| LiErin in the machine muching competition |
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