For RAAM no alchahol for crew I can understand: they get a bunch of fatalities from dozzy folk stepping backwards from the shoulder into the path of a passing Juggernaut. And it's only 12 days.
For this, it'd be silly rule inheritance (and, only a postulation as this point?)
The UMCA's
year record announcement sets out some specific rules and indicates that they are an addendum to the
general rules, which include
XIV. Controlled Substances
a) The use of alcohol, drugs or controlled substances (except as prescribed by physician) is prohibited. This applies to riders, crew and UMCA officials.
Strictly interpreted, along with the broad definition of support crew in section XIII, anyone hosting him (as well as the core team members and TG himself) must be teetotal for the duration of the record attempt. (Has Hummers offered? Will he withdraw?)
Given that such a prohibition is plainly ridiculous for a record attempt that's so different from anything else they validate, is it worth asking for an assurance from the UMCA that they won't interpret the rule so literally, and perhaps a clarification that it only extends to crew members while actively engaged in on-the-road support? (Maybe also an assurance that they won't consider hosts as being support crew members, as technically that would mean each one having to be approved by the UMCA officials and sign liability waivers ...)
You'd hope that they could be relied on to interpret and apply the rules sensibly, but the knicker-twisting LWaB mentions suggests that might be a dangerous assumption.