Ridecamp: Re: [RC] New Easyboot articles are online

Joe...

Thanks for post...your opinion is always valued.  I agree with that...I
just wanted to get the issue out there for a little feedback from the
members.  Since your crew can meet you anywhere, anytime on the trail, I
don't see where contacting them by radio would be any different. IMHO, a
GPS is no different from a "trail marker"...just electronic. 

Jim, Sun of Dimanche and Mahada Magic

Joe Long wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 08 Jul 2002 19:34:54 -0400, Jim Holland <lanconn@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> >Hmmm...but using radios and/or a GPS during a ride is a violation of
> >AERC rule 6.(k), is it not?
> 
> >"Not having been paced, prompted, or aided by an un[entered], withdrawn,
> >or otherwise unauthorized equine, vehicle, or a person other than
> >another entrant."
> 
> I don't see how using a GPS is in any way a violation of that rule.
> As the rule also specifically allows crews, I believe using a radio to
> contact your crew is also OK under the rule, and should be.  However,
> it might be good to have the BoD clarify the use of radios before it's
> tested with a protest.
> 
> Sometimes it seems than whenever somebody comes up with a "better
> mousetrap" to use on a ride (heart monitors, for example), somebody
> else wants to ban its use.  Hey, if we want to really be "natural," we
> should ban the use of saddles!
> 
> --
> 
> Joe Long
> jlong@xxxxxxxx
> http://www.rnbw.com
>


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