Behind the scenes, Deborah and Brian Bowling made it all happen, and worked at all fourteen Planet Ultra events.

A HUGE round of applause and our heartfelt thanks to all of the volunteers listed below who gave their time, energy and cheerfulness for hours on end while working checkpoints or roving SAG. Special thanks to our most frequent helpers - Tracey Lynn White, Elise Haussler, Lynn Katano, Tom Parkes, Doug Patterson, Chuck Phillips and Jon Shellenbarger, who worked three events; Bobbi Fisher, Paul Haussler and Frank Neal who worked four, and Judith Gustafson and Eric Smith who each worked five. What a wonderful team we had in 2006!

We also want to thank Steve Born at E-CAPS/Hammer Nutrition, Rick Wilson at Clif Bar, and Reid Swanson at CytoSports.

Three cheers for our creative and talented artists - Jim Poppy for the King of the Mountains jersey art, Grand Slam mugs and jersey art and Utah t-shirt design, and to Doug Smith for the Solvang jersey and t-shirt designs, and for our print ads and website art. We look forward to tapping into their creative minds more in 2007. Thank you also to Charlie Irwin for the custom printing of mugs and t-shirts, and to Roman Gaslan at Voler for helping us make our cycling gear great.

As always, we're ever so thankful for the dedication and support of Chuck Bramwell - and for his cheerful enthusiasm for cycling and for his tireless efforts for the California Triple Crown.

Finally, we'd like to acknowledge our major sponsors who donated products for goodie bags, King of the Mountains winner prizes and raffle prizes in support of Challenged Athletes Foundation: Clif Bar, Detours,  E-Caps/Hammer Nutrition and VDO.

Here's the list of 2006 volunteers: