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[RC] Re: [RC] Instructions for newbie crew-people? - sharon1359I'm sorry, I guess I was unclear before. Last summer was my first season... I did 6 CTRs and a 50-mile endurance ride. So I do already have a pretty good idea what I would need, but I'm afraid I'll forget something in the telling. ;) Not only that, but I haven't been doing this so long that I can't use this as an opportunity to learn from the Pros! -Sharon K. ------------ Jonni wrote: The duties of a crew person are completely based on what the rider needs them to do. Being a rider that rarely has a crew, I keep the duties very minimal when the hubby does come along. Help carry water buckets? Make a lunch for me? Give the horse some hay? You need to decide how much help you need. And until that very first 50 mile ride, you may not know. I will tell you this. Very often, riders get stressed and "grumpy" at rides, and they verbally take it out on the loved one who is crewing. We snap orders at them, and if things are not going well that day, somehow we think it is the crews fault. I have gotten better over the years, but still try to remember to tell my hubby before the ride, that I apologize now, for anything I say or do during the weekend that is not pleasant. After you do a couple CTR's, where you will have to do 99% of the horse care anyway, you might have a better idea just how much you will need him to do for you at the endurance ride. If the vet checks are in camp at the endurance ride, he has even less to do, as he won't even need to drive out to the check with your crew bag. Jonni in TX ============================================================ Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough ~ Theodore Roosevelt ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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