[RC] communication on the trail/or not - Mollie Krumlaw-Smith
On the lighter side of trail
communication...
My husband (who does ride/compete, God love him)
announced one day a couple of years ago that he was going to crew for me on a
100. This was exciting because I was always asking my
girlfriends and was probably starting to push the friendship thing a little too
far.
To make a long story short, at the 80 mile
mark (the first time I saw him all day, lol) he hands me a Motorola Walkabout
(his new super crew toy) and tells me call him when I'm a mile out of the 90
mile mark and he'll have everything ready. I say great, I was hungry,
horse was hungry, and the hold was only 20 minutes and I could really use a
crew about then. So we head out on the next to last loop knowing in 10
miles I'd have food, water, and blankets ready..yeah!
So....we're riding along and get about a mile from
camp. I start calling and calling and calling no Tom. We get through
the vet check (with the help of my friends >g<) and are at the 95 mile
mark when suddenly the radio kicks on and he wants to know where we
are. I tell him he missed us...apparently he fell asleep and didn't hear
the radio. So much for the high tech advantage.
MKS
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