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[RC] Comment on my last post - Rides 2 FarThe post came from my experience of 30+ calls of people asking me how hard or how many hills did we have at the Hog Wild Rides. Funny though...often the things that we as riders think make a ride "easier" do not translate into higher completion rates...but lower. Million Pines for instance seems like an "easy" trail. Sandy firm pack roads. No rocks. Not that much deep sand even the 2nd time around, but the completion rate would make you think it was Tevis. In contrast, last week in the mud 31 out of 31 entries in the 25 miler at LBL finished. I think 31 out of 41 or something like that finished in the 50 which seemed awfully high to me considering the depth of the mud I saw (and the vets were good and plenty capable of seeing lameness). I'm probably more paranoid that lots of people. I have a very vivid imagination. Terrain that I love on every other day of the week looks like it's out to do nothing but lame my horse on ride day. Doesn't matter if it's flat sand or verticle mountains. I'm scared of it all. What I fear most is a ride manager who has no imagination. I don't mind a tough course if I feel like the manager has laid it out thoughtfully, planned ways for me to have my horse checked often and given me the best possible chance of getting through it safely...but is prepared in case the worst happens. Angie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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