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Re: [RC] Ride info - Kristen A. FisherYou would definitely have to have an objective, standardized criteria that was communicated and began to be measured. (Of course the tricky thing is some of the conditions change throughout the day.) Temp over 70 = 1 degree of difficulty, over 80 = 2, etc Humidity over 50% = 1, 70% = 2, etc Hard packed trail = 0, 1" of mud = 1, very boggy = 3 Variances in elevation by 1000' = 1, 2000' = 2, etc Add them all up and get a "degree of difficulty" score so it might be easier to compare a CA race to a MT or a mountain race to a plains race at any given time. For example, from what I have read, Old Dominion would have an extremely high degree of difficulty, making ride times and horse exertion much higher than other rides. But it would put some [loose] metrics around an intangible. I know what you mean about personal acclimatization. My family on the NC coast will complain about the heat in July, whereas when I am there I enjoy the break from the REAL heat in TX ;-) Kristen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Maul" <mmaul@xxxxxxxxx> To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:14 AM Subject: [RC] Ride info In response to:"I thought whoever mentioned "ride information" was talking about the ride *conditions* -- such as weather (hot and humid? cold and clammy? " *********** Well it would be nice to have "useful" info like this but hot and humid - cold and clammy - are not too useful. A SE or CT riders view of hot and humid would be a lot different than a PS rider. I've seen PS and W riders call a day hot and humid that would have been considered a beautiful day in south Texas. Mike ============================================================ ============================================================ There is no better way to see the world than from the back of a horse. ~ Teddy Roosevelt ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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