RE: Dead/Alive -TEVIS RESCUE Part 2

["Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>]

I hear of a few horror stories from Tevis, I think that it is just
common sense to at least have a list of resources to handle such
emergencies; and have these resources at least notified that they
may be called upon during the event.  Maybe having the list of
resources available to all riders and crews will take the burden
off of ride management to have to respond to all individual crises so
they could concentrate on the rest of the riders. After all these
individual crises tend to have a ripple effect over the whole ride,
doesn't it?

While I was writing this, I just flashed on TevSweep.  These are
people who volunteer and have to put in some hours to be qualified
to volunteer.  I have no first hand knowledge of this group except
that I wanted to volunteer but did not have the qualifications nor
the time to do so.  Maybe if we could get this group to become
some bunch of superheroes and have it be such an elite thing to
become part of the group and attract wanna-be superheroes they 
could become an integral wheel in the search and rescue operations
and be able to contact the appropriate authorities on behalf of
the rider and ride management.  Just a thought.  Maybe I watch too
many movies. Or maybe they are already somewhat serving this function,
I don't know!  In my mind, they are already performing an admirable
function for the ride.



Kathy





-----Original Message-----
From: Rides 2 Far [mailto:rides2far@juno.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 9:24 AM
To: fasterhorses@gilanet.com
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Dead/Alive -TEVIS RESCUE Part 2


> I don't know of any ride that says they will provide rescue services >
I have to add that I can't think of worse PR for our sport then to >
have

> emergency services standing by at races.  Lif

Give me a break! Our high school football games have an ambulance parked
by the field.  As a ride manager, I have an overall picture in my mind
of
where the trail is, how that ties into the nearest roads, etc. All the
rider has is a mental image of the TRAIL. They don't know where the heck
they are.  As a rider I'd have to start back at the start of the race
and
ride 60 miles to find where the heck the horse went off.  The first
thing
I'd do if someone had trouble at our ride is yell "Russel!" He's the guy
who knows our mountain best.  Surely there's somebody out there they
feel
that way about.  Doesn't have to be a rescue squad, just somebody who
knows the terrain, and the locals and knows who and where to go for
help.

Angie
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