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For the ride manager, prices have gone up, too.  Were it not for my 
persuading the State Park system that the work we do to clear trails in the 
park (they cannot afford to do it), is worth the permit fee just to pass 
through the park within less than a 24-hour span, we would be paying $450 
for that.  The cost of trophies has gone up, the cost of rider fees to AERC 
has gone up, and in CA, the cost of the mandatory drug-testing fee is $5 per 
rider, and the technician doesn't even come to our ride to collect samples. 
Vet fees are up, and we can't even pay what they lose in income during the 
48 hours they spend at our ride.  Please do have the educating experience of 
organizing and managing a ride before you fret about the ride fees.  I think 
your eyes will be opened wide to what it costs the ride manager to put on a 
ride.  And that doesn't even begin to cover the hours and hours of 
paperwork, trail prep, flagging, etc.

Barbara McCrary
Ride Mgr., Swanton Pacific 75/100
"The Most Beautiful Trail in the World"

Just to remind all that Swanton Pacific has been cancelled for 2007 because 
the ride managers have an exciting travel opportunity they could not pass 
up.  More about that...later.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lewis" <mlewis73@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <stephteeter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:31 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] endurance discussion topic


> Does anyone dare say it?
>
> Ride Fees!!!  YIKES!!!  As if the price of diesel to get to a ride weren't
> bad enough!  My opinion: only the wealthy can truly excel in this sport.
> My fuel costs, entry fees, and related required expenses to get to FITS
> last weekend were upwards of $450.  That is ONE ride of "only" 25 miles,
> of which $100 was the entry/camp fee.
>
> I have not hosted a ride... perhaps someday will have the chance.  I know
> it is expensive to cover insurance, trail fees, meal prep for several
> hundred people, and other related expenses.  However it also seems that
> prices have risen dramatically from where they were when I was active in
> endurance racing several years ago.
>
> I have some opinions on other subjects regarding the current state of
> endurance, but hold off to see if someone else picks them up first.  :-)
>
>
> Mike



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