Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Nick Warhol- Virginia City100 Ride Story- part 4 of 4

It's not that hard to fall asleep on a 100 mile ride.  I've done it twice on
Tevis.  On one occasion, while crossing the American River at about 3:00 AM,
I remember hearing a voice 'way off in the distance and a voice closer
answering.  The distant voice was that of Barbara White, with whom I was
riding at that point, and the closer one way my own answering her.  I was
shocked that I had fallen asleep and that I could talk while being asleep.
Barbara said not to be concerned; she had fallen asleep once and was
hallucinating, "seeing little green men in the trees".
The four year old was Cliffy Lewis, Tom's son and Cliff's grandson; he was
riding Spiderman, who was the horse I think Tom rode and finished VC when HE
was 5 years old.  Amazing family........amazing history......amazing horse.

Barbara McCrary

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From: "nick warhol" <nickw@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 4:39 PM
Subject: [RC] Nick Warhol- Virginia City100 Ride Story- part 4 of 4


> That hour went fast- we were back on the trail once again at 10:40, 23
miles
> to go.  Jackie said the third loop used to be tougher, (she has finished
10
> VC100's) but they eased it up a little in recent years. (Thank you NASTR)
> It was indeed easier- we got treated to some nice roads that let us trot
for
> a half hour or so at a time.  Wow- thinking back, there were not many
spots
> like that on the entire ride so far.  The moon was so bright it was almost
> like daytime.  We rode a long way down the valley, all the way to the end
> where we found an incredible sandstone formation that rimmed the valley.
> Boy, I sure hope we don't have to climb that!   No, we got to walk through
> some of the cool formations, then headed back.  After some more nice
> trotting, we hit the last vet check at mile 92.  It was all lit up in the
> middle of nowhere, like Francisco's at Tevis.  The ride workers there were
> great, giving us blankets, drinks, mashes for the horses, just great
> service.  We vetted through and headed out on time, it was now about 1:30
in
> the morning, and only 8 relatively easy miles to go.  It was here I
noticed
> how sleepy I was.  While trotting, or walking off the horse, I was fine,
but
> while walking on horseback, my eyelids were drooping big time.   I'd heard
> that Trilby has been known to sleep on the horse, it just might have been
> possible.  We headed back out, trotting along in the moonlight, not
talking
> much, just moving up the road towards camp.  2:15 am and we are back
across
> the highway.  Off Zayante one more time for the downhill walk, and at 2:40
> or so we crossed the finish line.  Connie was the only one there, she ran
to
> wake up Susan to vet us out.  All three made it just fine!  We chatted for
a
> minute about how neat the ride was, but I had to get some sleep.  Judy had
> everything all laid out for us, we just put the beasts up and went to bed.
> All three horses were eating like crazy for the next few hours, but at
that
> point I could have slept through a train wreck.
>
> The awards breakfast was at a casino in town, Connie and crew gave out the
> awards and completions.   There were 61 starters, 50 finishers, Zay and I
> came in 23rd.  That was the highest completion rate ever in the ride, I
> think they said.  My award will be a belt buckle with Zayante's name
> engraved on the back.  That one will go in the trophy case.  Tom Johnston
> won and got BC, (you ought to see the size of those perpetual trophies!)
> Judy Reenes got 5th on Benji, and a four and a half year old junior
finished
> on a horse that was really old, someone said 28 years?  Wow!  Makes the
> grumpy old Zayante look like a baby.   Zay got quite a round of applause
> when Connie mentioned that he now has 10,520 miles.   Hugh finished, as
did
> Brenda and Karen.  The Calcutta payout was fun- I'm going to have to try
> that next year.  Yeah, I'll come back.  I like tough rides, but I'm
spoiled,
> because the right horse makes tough rides easy.
>
> Nick Warhol
> Hayward, Ca
>
>
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