[RC] re: Angie and VC's - Teresa Van Hove
NOPE! Angie we expect RM's to give us a well-marked trail that can
be finished safely. If someone is riding a 100 miler too fast to
finish the distance and they get pulled at 50 or 60 miles
because they were riding at their horses 50 mile pace
then maybe they'll actually learn to "RIDE THEIR OWN RIDE"
RM's do not need to make sure that horses get slowed down
early so they can get a completion. THATS the RIDERS JOB. IMHO
(Ive yet to ride a 100, but as a former and possibley future RM, I want
enough VC's to keep horses safe. I don't care a whit if I fail to save
someone who is riding stupidly a completion by not separating them from the
front runners!)
Teresa
Sorry to be so hard to please, but I wouldn't like that at all. I like a
> check early on for no other reason than to separate the horses up by
> recoveries. That way if there's an unprepared horse running on nothing
> but heart, he'll get separated from the ones he's trying to travel with.
> If you want to throw in a stop & go that's nothing but a pulse check,
> O.K. but I like to separate the horses up as soon as possible.
>
> Angie
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Teresa Van Hove
Associate Scientist GST/UCAR
vanhove@xxxxxxxx
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