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[RC] Big Horn 100 management - Ridecamp Guest

Please Reply to: Patti Tolman Zealley Ottowy@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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As a volunteer on the Big Horn 100, I would like to clear up a little of the 
confusion about the trail this year.

First, yes, 10 miles of the trail was not marked.  This was due to flash 
flooding that happened two days before the ride.  My father and I were 
literally running for our lives on slippery sleep moutain roads in a downpour 
that was washing out roads every minute we stayed in the mountains.  So,  we 
hiked 2 miles in ON FOOT to place a wooden arrow on the only point in the trail 
where the riders could have gotten off the trail.  Again our apologies for 
severe weather. We made it out by the skin of our teeth and by the day of the 
ride the roads were still not dry enough for even an ATV to travel down and 
finish marking the trail.

As far as leaving people on the mountain, we lost valuable marking time because 
we thought it important to get Drin off the mountain.  We only have one horse 
trailer that we used to carry our ATVs for marking. Trust me we asked everyone 
in camp if they would go up and no one would. We lost three hours of marking 
time going up the mountain. Thus the latter trail suffered.

That should clear up a little confusion.

Please if you have any comments I would love to hear them and tell you the REAL 
story.  E-mail me at Ottowy@xxxxxxx

Patti Tolman (Jeanette Tolman's daughter)


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