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Truman,

 

I could have told you that.  But, it doesn't seem to matter what "we" think.  You know, the problem is, that you can't apply a blanket fix to everything.  And maybe there is a better way to go about it.  As far as the rides that have a finish far from camp, I say we go back to what it use to be.  Forget about safety, just finish in camp.  What happens then, is the whinnies loose in the run offs.  I've seen it happen LOTS.  The rider that is stupid/brave/crazy enough to run thru pavement, horse trailers, fences, trees,  whatever....they win.  Then they might have some vision as to the benefits of a "safe finish".

As for me, I can run thru trees with the best of them. 


Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I was doing some work today where I was having to debug a mapping 
> application. While taking a break to allow my eyes to refocus - I 
> decided to just look at a map. The US latitude runs from 24 deg to 48 
> degrees. In the US Denver is 39.75 degrees, Seattle is 47.6, Washington 
> DC is about 39 degrees, LA is about 34 and Miami is about 25 degrees. 
> Now for Europe:
>
> The UK runs from 50 to 58
> France runs from 43 to 50
> Germany runs from 47 to 54
> Spain is the furtherest south 35 to 43.
>
> Israel is runs from 29 to 33.
>
> As far as climate the average temp in Paris is 55 to 75 in July, with 
> Germany running about the same. in the UK the average July temps run 
> from (54 to 71) in London to (51 to 66) in Edinburgh and today it is 81 
> degrees at my house. We all know what our temps are like in July - 
> particularly East of Big Muddy.
>
> It is little wonder
>  that Europe is quite happy with 30 minutes and we 
> are having a debate. Except for Spain Europe, is more north than Denver, 
> which is about half way North to South in the US. From what I remember 
> Israel does not use 30 minutes at the end. Because Europe is so much 
> further than the US - they don't face many of the same issues when it 
> comes to endurance.
>
> It seems based on basic geography and the resulting climatic conditions 
> - the rule used in Europe is not all that relevant to the conditions in 
> the US.
>
> Truman
>
> -- 
>
> ?He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a 
> monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also 
> into you.? Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
>
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