Committed Climb Participant means a cyclist who emails Phil aka Bank Teller and informs his enthusiasm to join Muggaccinos 2nd Tour de Conquer.  It doesn't cost anything to become a Committed Climb Participant.  It doesn't cost anything if you 'bail out' unless, of course, if you have booked your flight ticket which is the 1st Step.

The Bullsheet for 2nd Tour de Conquer  lists -

i)         cheap flights and luggage allowances;

ii)         train fares;

iii)        camp ground and hotel prices; and

iv)        Daily Climbs Schedule. 

Each Committed Climb Participant will book his own flights, train tickets and camp ground accommodation.  The only shared cost will be the rental of a 5 or 7 seater People Mover once we arrive at Grenoble train station on Thurs 5th Sept. 

Muggaccinos 2013 Tour de Conquer lists those Committed Climb Participants who have booked their flights to Lyon or Geneva and when they arrive.

If a Committed Climb Participant opts to not attend Tour de Conquer there is no withdrawal fees, because we won't be booking a people mover until mid-August.

10 is the absolute max number of Committed Climb Participants, as this should enable us to hire only one 7 seater People Mover and affixing a 3 bike rear clip-on rack, as we did last Sept.  Bigger numbers would also be unmanageable for BankTeller who is doing all this gratis. 

Worksheet '2013 - 18 days Budget in Excel file 'Distances_Gradients_$Costs-2013.xlsx' and People Movers (from three rental firms) evidences that hiring these large vehicles don't come cheap.  Hence, the merit in relying on one 7 seater to move up to 10 Committed Climb Participants.   It is only 51km from Grenoble to our 1st Base Camp and a further 71km from our 1st Base Camp over Croix de Fer to our 2nd Base Camp.  Hence, an option is to cycle these distances to reduce the size of our rental vehicle.

This should enable us to -

a)         move all Committed Climb Participants luggage -
*        from Grenoble (vehicle pick up point);
*        to each of the Two Base Camps; and
*        return it to Grenoble after our 2nd Base Camp; and

b)         deliver Climbers to the start of those climb routes that do not start at the Base Camp.

The majority of the 16 climb routes in the Daily Climbs Schedule start from one of our Two Base Camps.  Approx. half of the daily climb routes that involve being driven to the 'scheduled start point', finish back at that Base Camp.  Hence, merit exists in say 50% of the Committed Climb Participants riding the 'daily climb route' scheduled in the Daily Climbs Schedule and the other 50% riding the next day's scheduled 'daily climb route' which starts from that Base Camp.  And on the following day, visa versa.

It is also viable for some Committed Climb Participants to ride the albeit hilly 67km direct route, via Allemond, from our 1st Base Camp at Le Bourg d'Oisan NEE to our 2nd Base Camp at Saint Jean de Maurienne.  Hence, we don't need a vehicle(s) to accommodate all Committed Climb Participants, as we are in France to ride hills, not be a passenger.

A few of the Committed Climb Participants may have an accompanying wife or partner who is willing to share the driving.  It is also probable that some of our Committed Climb Participants will want the occasional day out-of-the-saddle.

1st Base Camp shows that Committed Climb Participants who can't arrive in Lyon (or Geneva) on 5th Sept, such as David aka CricketTragic, can catch a bus with their bike/luggage from Grenoble train station to our 1st Base Camp at Le Bourg d'Oisan at 3:30pm each weekday, with different times on Sat or Sunday.   Or we will pick you up if mid arvo doesn't suit your arrival at Grenoble.