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The Shore to Shore manages to have LD's on five days of point to point. 
If the desire is there - the logistics can be worked.

Truman

Steph Teeter wrote:
> >>
> The first to come to mind are the five XP rides that Dave Nicholson 
> puts on.
> And he does not "need" the LD division. [Steph Teeter] >>
> It's very hard to hold LD rides during multidays. Usually the multiday 
> rides have big loop rides - 50 miles - and often only 1 vet check at 
> the half way point. To hold an LD ride, you have to have a trail that 
> returns to camp at 25 or 30 miles and has a vetcheck somewhere around 
> 15 miles. Almost impossible to do this on a loop ride. Though I think 
> Death Valley offers LD rides - you just ride to the mid-way point of 
> the 50, and arrange to trailer your horse back to base camp.
> My point is - sometimes it's not just a matter of choice when multiday 
> rides don't have LD divisions. It's simply a logistical problem.
> Steph


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