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Re: [RC] My first endurance ride - Barbara McCrary

My experience shows that most people of whom we ask questions, and those who know the answers, are flattered to pieces to be able to share their knowledge with the ones who need educating. So, far from endurance riders being aloof, I have found them happy to share knowledge. And they are kind enough not to look at the newbie as "dumb", just not yet experienced. We have all been through a learning curve in endurance riding, and it all comes back when someone asks a question. I always remember the really uninformed things I did when I first started, 35 years ago.

Barbara
"It's not the miles, it's the years"


----- Original Message ----- From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:47 AM
Subject: [RC] My first endurance ride



Kate said:

Being a ctr rider I find most endurance riders I know
to be aloof and beyond approach,

When I read this line, I was surprised because, from my very first ride, I found exactly the opposite. But this may just be because I am extremely dense and thick skinned, and all those people who answered all of my questions at my first ride were trying to get me to go away and leave them alone and I was just too thick to get it.

I hadn't a clue as to what I was doing or what to expect.
that may be because I am just too dense to get it when they are politely
trying to get rid of me.

kat
Orange County, Calif.
:)



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