Assault on Marion/Mitchell

[profàvélo]

My DH asked how me to ask those who have done the Assault on Mitchell how you can get on the database if you haven't ridden it. It has always been a dream of his to ride this one. Thanks.

1. You ride Marion one year. The next year, you get a passcode that will allow you to try to sign up for Mitchell if you can get to a computer when the online registration opens up. This year it filled up in under two hours. The park service, who manages the Blue Ridge Parkway, limits the Mitchell riders to 1,000 for reasons of safety.

2. You buy a number from someone who rode Mitchell or Marion the year before and managed to get a Mitchell number. The Mitchell/Marion page will have postings from people wanting to buy and people wanting to sell numbers. I have to say, I find it in very poor taste to sell one's Mitchell number for profit. Some people put them on e-bay. I sold my number this year for exactly what I paid for it, and I encourage people not to buy numbers that are priced above cost.

http://www.freewheelers.info/assault.html

[corrine]

Thanks for the info! My husband now wants to ride the Marion next year and get on the list that way. Access to a computer is usually not an issue for us...