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Re: [RC] 80's 400 mile race - Barbara McCrary

Our 75 and 100 mile rides use nearly the same trail, with the exception of
two cutoffs.  We haul water into four areas by means of a couple of old Army
water trailers we were lucky enough to buy somewhere.  Each holds 500
gallons of water.  At the first site, after that vet check, it is only a
three mile drive to another site.  We are also fortunate enough to have a
water source from which to refill this trailer.  So, all in all, we haul two
heavy trailers to remote sites and we use all together about 1600 gallons of
water for the four sites.  The two rides draw less than 75 horses.  Weight
of 1600 gallons of water is 6.4 tons, and that doesn't even count the weight
of the tremendously heavy trailers that have to be hauled up the mountain.
One goes up empty and is filled (and refilled) from our water source nearby,
the other is hauled five miles up the mountain to its site completely
filled.  Needless to say, it requires a brute of a pickup to pull it and
pretty much all of one day to arrange everything.  One site is so remote
that we don't really worry about someone vandalizing the water supply in the
trailer, but just in case, we remove any possible means of opening the
valve.  The other trailer we hide in the brush until ride day, when my
husband fetches it and puts it into place at the vet check.  After that site
is cleared, he moves it, refills it, and locates it at the alternate site.
The fourth site is also remote and much later in the ride.  There, we place
a 100 gallon water trough, fill it, and place a piece of plywood over it to
keep the leaves out of it and keep the water cool.  We also place a sign
indicating its intended use.  So far, no one has vandalized it, either.  All
sites are accessible by mountain bicyclists, and sometimes we worry that the
water will not be there a few days or a week after we install it.   But so
far, so good.

Just an interesting bit of logistics from a long-time ride manager.


Barbara McCrary
Ride manager, Swanton Pacific 75/100
"The most beautiful trail in the world"



----- Original Message -----
From: "Heidi Smith" <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Merryben@xxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] 80's 400 mile race


It was pointed out that the water requirement was beyond his planning let
alone other considerations, the ride was abanded.

This is an interesting point.  Many people don't think about water
requirements for LOTS of horses on dry trails where there is little or no
water, but from a management perspective, water can be figured in TONS.
(And has to be, when you consider the vehicles to haul it....)  I used to
put on a "dry" 100-miler (actually, one vet check had live water, thank
goodness)--and it required between 13 and 15 TONS of water, distributed in
camp, at checks, and at various points along the trail....  Just something
to think about when folks want to become RM's....

Heidi


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