I recently moved to a new town in B.C., and although I'm on the extended DL with an arthritic hip awaiting replacement, I decided to join our newly minted local club, which just incorporated as a non-profit.
As has been my long term plan wherever I've lived, I began pursuing potential course locations, with a particular eye on spots within or near campgrounds, as this was something we had in Oregon when I began playing, and allowed me and my buddies the opportunity to go places and camp for long weekend of disc golf, beer drinking, and general male bonding. We lack good options for disc golf/camping in BC, which to me, in a camping nirvana like BC, is sort of fucked up.
Much to my surprise (as I've been looking into this for many years without much luck), I have come across an opportunity for our club to potentially get its hands on a big piece of Crown Land (Canada-speak for public land). My club and I are in the process of applying for an authorization which would allow us to build up to 3 courses on this site. The next step for us, as is often the case in BC when proposing land development, is consultation with the local First Nations Band. Often the biggest concern faced when seeking "permission" from bands for any development, is potential disturbance of ancestral remains. If you are proposing development activities which could disturb old burial sites, you could be required to pay the band to conduct an archaeological review, which as a non-profit is a no go.
So.....I am wondering what any of you have seen in your travels, as far as a way to secure baskets to the landscape, without having to put a shovel in the ground. It seems quite likely that the viability of this project will rely on not digging. With tee pads, this is not a big deal, as you can simply lay sand and gravel over the existing landscape and build on top of the ground. But since baskets are typically cemented into the ground at about 2-3 feet deep, this could be a deal breaker. I have several ideas, including cementing basket sleeves to rocks/boulders that are too big to move. Some have suggested that drilling into the rock and bolting the baskets to the rock would be a better option . I've seen big landscape boulders drilled through, but that's got to be expensive. I'm also considering using basically half sized cinder blocks, which if you could find a spot to cement/attach them to the ground, you could build a small 3 foot high stack, fill it halfway with cement and secure your sleeve inside.
I think the leading candidate will be what i initially suggested, cementing sleeves to existing large boulders in the landscape (which are everywhere on this site), and we also have a "stash" of boulders on site which we might be able to re-locate to preferred pin positions with a tractor.
If any of you have experience working with cement or concrete on rock/metal, or any other wisdom in this realm, please share.
