DaveR.
rocketman@xxxxxxxxx WROTE:
>>>>>It amuses me a little to see some of these rides
getting a=
spotlight on the usual and casual management that has been
in=
place since the beginning (likee everyone didn't know
that,=
duh). I rode the Outlaw Trail several times, and it
was=
business as usual that Crockett often didn't have any vets
at=
the vet checks, he didn't mark his trail (told folks if
they=
didn't want to get lost just ride with him), and it was
common=
knowledge that pretty much all riders received a completion
no=
matter what time they finished (a good friend finished almost
an=
hour and a half after cutoff and was given a completion).
We=
all know this stuff has been going on at the XP, the Outlaw,
and=
Randy's rides for years, just part of the fun of the
relaxation=
of the multi day rides. It isn't just the duck at the
xp, it is=
pretty much all multi day rides I'v been to anyway, these
rides=
are fun, why ruin them with asking Dave, Crockett and Randy
to=
follow rules and spoil a good time!! >>>>>
Well, gee. I have not ridden any of these
rides - most of my riding has been in the east, midwest, and southeast BUT over
5000 miles of it (I started before 1985). It looks like those of us who
have ridden every mile and been pulled for overtime, or had to actually be under
a vet's scrutiny (GASP) for all these years, have been in the wrong place.
No wonder multi day rides are so popular.
Laura Hayes AERC #2741
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