I spent all day at Crew Day for the Seattle 3-Day Walk.
This is where you learn that you really do have to be ready to work at 4 AM each morning, and don’t get to go to bed until about 11 PM at night. And you have to smile, all the time. That really shouldn’t be an issue.
I get to start with traffic control, then breakdown opening ceremonies, build lunches for other crew members, hand out towels, sleep a bit, make lunches for road crew, sign people up for next year, be generally helpful (hopefully) in the information tent, sleep a bit, make lunches for road crew, break down camp, set up Services at holding (before closing), participate in the victory procession and closing ceremonies, find Carl, sleep a bit more than the nights before.
Somebody noted that the walkers do all their work getting ready for the event, and then they just need to walk a bit more. The Crew does all of their work during the event – but it is intense. So I guess figuring whether it is easier to walk or crew depends on whether you are better at the marathon or the sprint.
I will report back on the other side of this adventure.
(Pooh and Mark – good luck on your adventure this weekend.)
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