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Little bit a weather in Coeur d'Alene

The Coeur d'Alene Ironman Part Five

A few Black and white shots of the athletes in the 2013 Coeur d'Alene Ironman event.

The 2013 Coeur d'Alene Ironman Part Four

ROBERT VERHELST from De Forest WI and yes he is a firefighter.
He did the run in fireman getup with tank.

The 2013 Coeur d'Alene Ironman results for him: 

Rank: 277 Overall Rank: 2058  FINISH  TIME: 16:31:55

The 2013 Coeur d'Alene Ironman Part Three

2013 Coeur d'Alene Ironman winners Ben Hoffman and Heather Wurtele

The Coeur d'Alene Ironman Part Two

Team Blaze out of Spokane Washington had a good turn out of athletes in this years race.  They all seem to be having a great time and a lot of smiles during what is a taxing event.

Team Blaze had a great turn out of supporters for the athletes who cheered on everyone and still managed to cheer even louder when Team Blaze members ran by.

 Team Blaze is a Club and you can find out more here: http://www.teamblazespokane.com/ 

The 2013 Coeur d'Alene Ironman Part One

The 2013 Coeur d'Alene Ironman event was great this year.  Great weather and a great support staff from volunteers to the full time staff.

The start of the 2013 Coeur d'Alene Ironman was a bit overcast through the swim.  By the time the athletes were on the bikes the clouds cleared for a beautiful day.

The swim start for the race was staggered so there were less injures than previous years.

Idaho Aerial Photography Law... absurd...

Did you know Idaho passed a law on unmanned "drones" that says if I took this aerial shot now I need the owners written permission, the one from the ground is still legal without the owners permission.

I use a quad-copter with a GoPro flying line of sight only.

FYI: If I used an airplane or helicopter with a super zoom lens the aerial is legal.  With today's technology I can get close-ups of people from an airplane or helicopter of them in there backyards and see every detail of what they look like and so on.

The law really was meant to address law enforcement using drones to check out your house and such, "drones" that cost $10,000 and a lot more with cameras that can take close ups from a long ways off.

There are already privacy laws on taking pictures through peoples windows and such.   So basically this is the ignorant politicians trying to make votes from ignorant voters...end of story. 

There is a massive difference between a 13"x13" quad-copter using a GoPro camera that is flow line of sight with a flight time of around 8 to 15 minuets, and drone the size of a small airplane filled with high tech gear flown by someone miles away with super high-tech imaging equipment.  There is also a difference between flying up around 100' to take pictures for real estate and trying to spy on people in there homes.  The politicians should educate themselves then the public not constantly try to use fear to get noticed for votes.

Just a note, the GoPro on a quad-copter would have to be much closer to get such a good picture of the sunbathers.

http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2013/S1134E2.pdf