Up to $100 of the $200 registration can be refunded to you -- a 1 to 1 match on all sponsorships you get up to $100 ... many of your friends, business associates and merchants will gladly sponsor you starting at 1/10 cent per mile with 100% of their pledges going to SKIHI to help their work with families of deaf babies. Many bikers got from $500 to $2,000 of sponsors!
If you don't get any sponsors, I will still make a $100 donation in your name and you will get a tax deductible statement from SKI HI thanking you for making deaf babies' lives happier.
Want an adventure and put exciting years back in your life? Register here!
Due to past experience causing other bikers discomfort and inconvenience, please do not register if:
1. You can't read a map and find your destinations independently. Please do not think you can get away with following someone because you WILL be separated due to traffic lights, road construction delays and other things.
2. You are a high maintenance person. There are other tours costing several thousand dollars for these types of folks where they will be glad to plan every minute of your trip (and even they will say there is no red carpet treatment available North of Fairbanks!)
3. You aren't able to handle minor mechanical problems on your own or aren't able to contact a service facility. (However, many of the bikers are extremely friendly and helpful if you do have problems. It is not like we don't care but don't keep asking a friendly biker to adjust your chain, check your oil, check air pressure, etc.)
4. You must be entertained. On these trips, this loose schedule allows you to drive by yourself, in groups if you wish, etc. When you get to your nightly destinations, you can do whatever you wish. You can google the area and decide what to do --- take a plane over glaciers, do float-fishing, side trips, etc. Don't ask me "What are we going to do?" when we get to our evening destinations! Google our destinations and find out their calendar and/or events (and email us with what you find out).
5. You don't have a towing plan ... if you have a breakdown, you should be able to call your road plan agent and get a tow.
6. You get upset easily ... what is a trip without adventure? There may be some days of rain ... there may be highway maintenance ... there may be breakdowns ...
Want an adventure and put years in your life? Register here!
What this registration gives you:
1. An opportunity to drive to Alaska and meet new people.
2. An opportunity to save costs by having a room-mate. I will give you an email list of registered bikers and it will be your responsibility to contact them directly for arrangements. I am not responsible for other bikers' last-minute change of plans so be flexible with rooming. I am suggesting very strongly you immediately reserve rooms with two beds and THEN let other bikers know you want to share rooms and THEN you can add a room-mate or cancel your rooms and join someone else. I am not responsible for incompatible room-mates .... this is what months and months of pre-trip emailing is supposed to do -- get to know each other well!
3. A schedule.
4. A trip DVD and a ride polo shirt.
5. An opportunity to get friends, family, business associates make a direct donation to SKIHI and give you recognition for raising funds for deaf babies and their families. Click this for donation options.
6. An opportunity for you to go "solo" when you feel like it.
7. Your family and friends can click a link for live GPS tracking of the group.
I no longer make lodging reservations for everyone as I did before 2010 because (1) some bikers change their minds and go elsewhere, leaving me stuck with rooms that have to paid for; (2) some bikers have mechanical problems and are delayed by a day or two, sticking me with the cost of their rooms; (3) some bikers quit and go home early, leaving me with the unused rooms.
