Ridecamp: RE: [RC] Youth

> Riding endurance brings out the kid in me...  I love to ride endurance 
> (though haven't this year, unfortunately)  and while I ride a top-ten 
> caliber horse, it's not about competing at all.... I've reached lunch in 
> 8th place and goofed off for 90 minutes.
>
> So, maybe children riding endurance isn't about competing...  maybe kids 
> do it because they love it, and love it because it's about adventure and 
> challenge, riding new trails, getting to travel and  camp with their horse 
> and family, enjoying membership in a nomadic band of folks...

The point I was making was specifically addressing the folks who seem to 
think that there is no middle ground--either the small child is doing 
endurance rides or it is sitting in front of the video screen with a pile 
of junk food.
         --CMNewell


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