Bicyclists, 1999

Astrophytness, the NRAO wellness program, sponsors the "Hein Hvatum Memorial VLA Bicycle Challenge," a bicycle ride from Socorro to the VLA site and back (with several options for shorter rides). Hein Hvatum, long-time NRAO Associate Director, was an avid bicycler through his entire life. For many years he organized the annual ride over 117 mountainous miles from Charlottesville to Green Bank for the Green Bank summer picnic: Charlottesville to Green Bank on Friday, picnic on Saturday, Green Bank to Charlottesville on Sunday. In 1999, a small NRAO group biked a part of the Continental Divide Trail on either side of the VLBA Pie Town site. This photo, taken by cyclist Gene Runion, shows Hein Hvatum (long-retired by 1999) and Craig Walker during a rest stop.

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1999

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