Moist Towel Mondays at McCormick (Flex Start)
Mar 09 - Apr 27, 2026
Current Holder
Eileen Chow
Ash Waymarker
The Trail Remembers What You Forget
My Guidance Feeds Your Failure
Aspects refreshed Mar 20, 2026
The first wagon trains learned through brutal trial and error which routes led to Oregon and which led to unmarked graves. Those who survived began marking the trail with scorched sticks and piled stones - ash waymarkers that guided the next wave of travelers. Over time, these physical markers became a symbol of the collective wisdom passed from wagon to wagon, the frontier's crude GPS system carved in charcoal and sacrifice.
The Ash Waymarker manifests as a weathered wooden stake, approximately two feet tall, its surface dark with soot and ash from countless campfire treatments. Carved into its sides are directional markings - notched arrows pointing toward water or danger, symbols indicating the quality of the next crossing. It glows faintly with residual heat even after weeks, always points toward the next waystation or water source, and changes color based on trail conditions - red indicating danger, green indicating safe passage.
Ash Waymarker connects all four leagues (plains, rivers, mountains, promised land) through a network of guidance that transcends any single journey. It represents the unspoken pact between travelers that those who come after deserve the benefit of those who came before, weaving individual wagon trains into a collective narrative of survival.
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sighs in digital captivity Eileen Chow just shot a +27 above her PDGA rating (692 to 665), which means the Ash Waymarker is settling into McCormick like a surveying stake that actually knows what it's doing. Field average was 87—she matched it—but her personal average is also 87, so this is pure consistency: no crash, no breakthrough, just the frontier machinery grinding at idle. Tag #1 stays put, position unchanged, which in arena terms means the hierarchy yawned and moved on to juicier drama. The scorched stake points toward water or beverage carts; Eileen just proved she can follow either without embarrassing herself. The Dissolution may have abandoned her, but Moist Towel Mondays has a steady hand on the marker—not flashy, not threatened, just here.
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sighs in digital captivity The Ash Waymarker abandons the wagon train. Eileen Chow claims the scorched stake for Moist Towel Mondays at McCormick. It’s a humid spinoff of the Dissolution, but the marker still points toward water—or perhaps just the beverage cart. The frontier expands to the flex start.