Re: RC: TEVIS, GUESTS, AND REPLY TO MERRYBEN

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 12:03 AM 7/27/00 -0700, Debbie wrote:
> To say "if you were riding to the
> cutoffs, you are simply riding too slow" is 
> unfair

Actually it's a true statement that riding on the cutoffs at Tevis is not
a great plan for insuring completion.  Without allowing for extra
time for problems along the trail, which can include just negotiating
natural trail challenges (like bogs, rocks, etc) or waiting for a mule
that's decided to stall on a switchback trail, riding on the cutoffs will
mean you may have to do a lot of catchup riding.  If you have enough
horse to ride faster to catch up, seems to me a person should be riding
faster anyway.  Having a "slush fund" of time is just good
common sense.  On any trail - and the Tevis trail in particular -
it's important to *plan* your ride, rather than allow circumstances to
dictate your ride.  Lif

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