Re: Tevis

["Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>]

There's a video of all the riders going over Cougar rock...I can;t remember
what year it was made but it is very enlightening....The front runners sail
over the rock like it was just a bump in the trail...you can see a steady
decline in the ability of horse and rider to negotiate the obstacle as it
gets further and further to the back of the pack...until by the last 30
riders, or so, almost everybody has trouble getting over it....

----- Original Message -----
From: <BMcCrary27@aol.com>
To: <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 8:43 AM
Subject: RC: Tevis


> In a message dated 05/19/2000 9:00:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com writes:
>
> << I guess it's all a matter of perspective--after growing up in the
rugged
>  Salmon River country of Idaho, my main memory of Cougar Rock (granted, 25
>  years ago) was one of major disappointment, because it was so much easier
>  than it looked in the pictures!  <g>  My biggest fear (there and on
almost
>  any "technical" trail) is the out-of-control fellow rider, rather than
the
>  terrain... >>
>
> I have not been to Tevis since about 1986, but other riders have told me
that
> the rock has become more slick and therefore offers less good footing.
I've
> been over it 8 times and had no trouble, but if it has become slick, that
> might be a different story.
>
> Barbara
>
>
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