Ridecamp: [RC] [PNER] Mt. Adams

Yay Louisa!!! She's got a great little gelding, go
Tango!!!! She and her dad are two of my favorite people and
Louisa takes great care of her horse!!!

heidi


--- Stephanie Irving <sirving@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For those interested here are some comments from the PNER
> list regarding the
> recent Mt. Adams ride, the pre-ride for the Pan American
> 2003 (September 13,
> 2003). Official results will be posted on our website
> www.endurance.net/mtadams by the end of the week (the
> ones there at the
> moment are last years). Please be patient, we're trying
> to catch up on our
> day jobs which have been neglected over the past few
> weeks! I'll alert you
> as soon as they're up.
> Steph Irving
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <PNER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <PNER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>   Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002
> 02:25:17 EDT
>    From: EndrncRider@xxxxxxx
> Subject: MT. Adams
> 
> 
> I second all that Dory raved about. Chris Neilsen and
> Stephanie Irving
> OUTDID
> themselves this year!
> 
> I didn't get to ride this year, but I did get the
> privelege of crewing for
> the best good people in my world! Congrats to MY KID,
> Jessi, and her wonder
> horse, MC Isaac, who finished their first FEI 100 miler
> in record time! (in
> the neighborhood of 15.5 hrs riding time, BIG THANKS to
> Julie Barnfather for
> sponsoring them!!)  They have never looked better after
> any long distance
> ride they've done. Jessi has always felt that Mt. Adams
> is "her" ride. My
> other "designated kid", Mariah Derrick, took first jr and
> jr BC in the 50,
> with Terry Ross sponsoring them.  Terry's daughter,
> Louisa, finished her
> first 75 with another great jr in tow, Morgan Mittie. Jo
> Whitlow was keeping
> them company completing her first 75. Hey Jo, my offer
> still stands for that
> great horse of yours!  :-)
> 
> All our horses loved the trails and looked good after the
> ride. In fact, I
> didn't see too many sad cases this weekend. The weather
> was perfect, the
> trails were well marked, there was tons of water
> available out there and the
> prizes made lots of happy faces!
> 
> It was great seeing people from so many places. Stephen
> and Dinah Rojek were
> there, as was Darolyn Butler, Bev Gray, and several
> others. Our NW riders
> did
> great. I didn't see very many pulls, which was phenominal
> considering there
> were so many riders. Think there was something like
> nearly 40 in the 100, 60
> some in the 50, 75 had something like 14, and the 25 had
> over 50 riders.
> Huge
> ride!!  Jess says something like 270 total riders.
> 
> Again, KUDOS to Steph and Chris and their Huge Crew of
> help, for putting on
> an incredible Mt. Adams ride!  It's shaping up to be one
> great Pan American
> Championship in 2003!
> 
> Darlene
> 
> Message: 7
>    Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:35:12 EDT
>    From: kelhie2@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Mt Adams Endurance Ride
> 
> Greetings Friends:
> 
> It was a fantastic ride.  Indeed, this ride defies all
> superlatives.  Every
> year it gets better.  If I had to pinpoint one thing I
> liked the best about
> this ride, it would be the trails - beautiful dirt trails
> winding through
> pine forests; spectacular views of Mt. Adams, Mt. Hood
> and the expansive,
> green valley floor below.  Ascents and descents were
> gradual and deceptive,
> climbing to a maximum elevation of 3,800 ft. was realized
> only when you saw
> the view of the lowlands below.  Lots of riders - riders
> came from Virginia,
> Vermont, Texas, New Mexico, California and Canada.  At
> ride meeting time
> there were 189 recorded entrants; I haven't calculated
> the final count yet
> since rigs continued to arrive during the night as well
> as in the early
> morning for the shorter distance rides.  As usual, great
> management,
> vetting,
> P & R help, officiating by the FEI officials; food served
> by the Troutlake
> High School band, breakfast donuts, bagels and coffee
> offered the next
> morning.  Vendor Animal Tacker from Texas gave out free
> t-shirts!   And ride
> t-shirts as awards for every completion.
> 
> First place on the 100 miler with a ride time of 11:20
> hours was Alexandra
> Luck, a junior from New Mexico, riding with Marcia Smith.
>  Best Condition
> was
> taken by Flash Gordon with an amazing vet score of 754.1
> ridden by 5th place
> Patty Murray and a ride time of 11:36 hours.  75 miles
> was won by Darla
> Westlake with a ride time of 9:24 hours; she also got BC.
>   50 miles was won
> by Sue Nance with a ride time of  5:25  hours; BC went to
> Sharon Westergard.
> 25 miles was won by Sara Miller with a ride time of 2:31
> hours.  Best
> Condition went to 7th place Mary Sparkles.
> 
> I rode my half quarter horse, half arab mare, Canyon. 
> She surpassed my
> expectations this weekend and I was so proud of her. 
> What a great ride she
> is; I always enjoy riding her but worry everytime because
> she's a big girl
> and doesn't usually do well in the heat.  It eventually
> got warm on ride
> day,
> but there was always a breeze; no, a wind, throughout the
> day to keep us
> comfortable.   My ride partner, Cheryl Conklin, and I saw
> a coyote shortly
> after leaving the Pipeline vet check.  A rare treat to be
> sure!  He looked
> mighty confused though . . . . .
> 
> Canyon and I completed in 45th place with an approximate
> ride time of 9
> hours.  The course was different this year making it more
> interesting for
> those of us who rode last year.  No one had to repeat any
> loops!  How often
> does that happen?  Even the 100 milers.
> 
> My thanks to Chris Nielsen and Stephanie Irving, et al,
> for a job well done.
> We will miss this ride next year since the 2003 FEI ride
> will be at this
> location on September 13th.  As Chris said at the ride
> meeting, asking her
> volunteers to repeat this task twice in one ride season
> is asking too much.
> I will miss this ride next year, however, it will give us
> a chance to
> volunteer to still be part of the experience.
> 
> And last but not least, special thanks to my sister, Jane
> Wilken, for taking
> care of the rest of my animals back home whenever I
> travel.
> 
> Joyce Kellenberger
> 
> 
> Message: 8
>    Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 17:11:11 -0000
>    From: "hhmstead" <hhmstead@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Mt. Adams
> 
> Chris & her staff did a great job of handling a huge
> number of
> riders, who turned out for one of the most beautiful
> rides in the
> Northwest.  My riding partner Liz Dale rode her bay mare
> Khitten - 22
> years young, to a 15th place finish in the 50!
> 
> Flash Gordon's trot out at BC was a thrill to watch.  Pat
> is a lucky
> woman to ride such a magnificent animal.  What a
> wonderful example of
> a Great Endurance Horse!
> 
> Thanks to everyone for a super weekend!
> Connie
> 
> 
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