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ACTION REQUIRED FOR SAC PARTICIPANTS – DUE BY FRIDAY AUG 29th

Like last year, we are going to use live SPOT tracking of competitors during the Sniper Adventure Challenge for safety, logistics, and spectators.

In order for this to work, we need a link to each team’s “Shared Page” from the SPOT site. Here are the instructions:

1. One team member please complete and send us the following:
2. Log into the “My Account” section on findmespot.com
3. Click on the SETTINGS AND BILLINGS tab
4. Scroll down to almost the bottom of the page; find the section named “XML FEED”, and then click “VIEW/EDIT”
5. If you have more than one, select the specific SPOT device from the list
6. Make sure the XML feed is ACTIVE by clicking “ACTIVATE”
7. Click the “VIEW DETAILS” drop-down on the right-hand side — of the specific device you are using (if you have multiple SPOTs registered with them)
8. Make sure Public/Private is set to PUBLIC
9. Look for the text that appears, “Your XML Feed ID: 01Mxu7bdPjdMxqUkUDN93I6QuABFHfjAB”
10. Save that highlighted part — you have to send that to us.
11. Turn on your SPOT tracker, and put it somewhere where it has good GPS reception
12. Press and hold the “Footprint” button until it blinks with the POWER button/light.
13. Let the SPOT sit in a good-reception area for 1-2 hours.
14. SEND US THE XML FEED ID from STEP #8, along with your Confirmation Code. Your confirmation code is the 4-digit code you got when you registered for the SAC.

    Note: only send us the email after the SPOT has been on and the footprint button/light flashing for 1-2 hours

    For example:

    TEAM: Smith / Sanchez
CONFIRMATION CODE: 1324
XML ID: Your XML Feed ID: 01Mxu7bdPjdMxqUkUDN93I6QuABFHfjAB


    SEND TO zak@competition-dynamics.com

These steps will allow us to get everyone’s SPOTs into our tracking system and tested prior to the event so we don’t have last minute technical difficulties.

CALL FOR PROCTORS / RANGE OFFICERS. We are making a call for SAC Range officers, challenge proctors, and other help.

The SAC is a unique volunteer opportunity due to the nature of the event. We need RO’s no later that Thursday Sept 4th, 11AM-NOON for briefing/training, and then we’ll all be mostly on-duty starting Friday at 0800 until the end of the race Saturday afternoon. Please email Zak at INFO@COMPETITION-DYNAMICS.COM if you’d like to RO this event. Doing so also qualifies you in our CD RO PROGRAM

The SAC is a 36-hour adventure race with shooting stages and other physical/mental challenges for competitors that will take place Sept 5-6, 2025 in Douglas WY.

If you have already volunteered, please send me a note confirming your attendance.

THANKS

Thanks again to BURRIS for their great support!

RESULTS
1. Trostel / Curtis
2. Thunder / Speedman
3. Gheriani / Way
4. Hsu / Merz
5. Castro / Helbert

FULL RESULTS PDF HERE

We have 2 more matches this year if you want to shoot (and/or hike) more: TEAM SAFARI, SNIPER ADVENTURE CHALLENGE

If you’d like to take a turn at RO duty, we can use volunteers at any or all of these.

Thanks also to everyone who signed Stan’s “memorial plaque” and came to our service for him.

Thanks everyone and see you next time.

WE LOSE STAN SANCHEZ

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of STAN SANCHEZ. Stan passed away in late April due to natural causes. He was 81.

We have known Stan for over 25 years. Stan was with the original group who shot at Blue Steel when it was owned by Dave Wheeler. Stan was an active Bowling Pin shooter, 3-Gun, Multi-gun, and long-range shooter for decades. The first time I shot against Stan in a long-range competition was 2006 at the Steel Safari. Stan came in 5th place with a 111. Stan was a constant presence at most of the Colorado Multigun matches in the late 2000’s and virtually ALL of the long-range matches at Blue Steel, Raton, and then Douglas when we booted up that location.

Once “CD” started up, Stan was a constant help and staffed our matches as RO, admin, “sender”, checkpoint-runner, or whatever else we asked him to do. Stan most recently staffed our final match of 2024 (TEAM SAFARI) last September, and when I spoke to him in early April, he was looking forward to the 2025 season starting up with the Steel Safari.

The thing about Stan was that he would follow Jimmy’s and my directions to the “T”. One of the roles that Stan settled in to and was very well suited for was the “Main HQ Punch-Card Checker and Route-card Giver” at the Sniper Adventure Challenge, so Stan was the guy you had to show your correct route “punch card” to and convince you got all your checks before he’d give you the next route sheet! Stan was also a route “Sender” at Steel Safari, Burris, TBTC, USOTC, etc. He’d distract you with shit talking until he made you leave at 8:46 on the DOT. “HIT THE BRICKS!”

Stan would talk your ear off and we always joked about having a SAC stage where you had to wait there until you could extricate yourself from him talking to you while on the clock. But it turned out all his fish stories were TRUE (he brought the photo-album evidence to BSR in 2024). Whenever kids came up, he spoke of his son with so much pride.

GODSPEED STAN, SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE

SERVICES

It was Stan’s and the family’s wishes to not have a formal service, HOWEVER, We are having a Celebration of Life at the Wills Ranch in Douglas WY on Sunday June 22nd at 3pm until whenever.

This will be after the awards ceremony of the Burris Optics Team Challenge. Please come, bring a dish of something if you want to, and some of your stories about Stan. If you’re already at the match, please stay. If not, please come anyway, it’s not too far from the Denver metro area. If we go late, it is fine to camp somewhere in your sleeping bag overnight and leave in the morning.

Jimmy will be cooking for us.

If you have a .45 ACP handgun, please bring it.

If you don’t know the address for the Wills ranch, please ask in your RSVP, and I’ll send it to you.

Please RSVP to zak@competition-dynamics.com so we have a rough count

ALSO SEEKING ADD’L RO’S FOR BOTC

We are also looking for a few more RO’s for the Burris Optics Team Challenge. RO’s would need to be there from June 19-22nd.