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Re: [RC] Maryanne & Mongol Derby - Beverley H. Kane, MDAs usual, a biting, clever, spot-on post from Kat--the Maureen Dowd of Ridecamp (writing style, not necessarily politics). It is rather pathetic to read the ongoing ex post facto as-if post mortem disparaging of the Mongol Derby. Why are these same people not lambasting Tevis because, sadly, we (all of us in the sport) lost a horse there just a few weeks ago? -Apparently- the horses and people in the Mongol Derby made it through without serious morbidity or mortality. I trust that if there were any significantly untoward events, a whistle blower or plain-talking blogger will emerge from among the competitors, the Mongolians, or someone connected with the Adventurists. Until then we should be gracious, not grumbling. To the now chronically resentful, I say, as to Toby, the dog, "Leave it!" I applaud the intent, the organization, the supporters, the vets, the horses, the riders, Barefoot Saddles, the FEI, the UAE and others who gave their qualified or unqualified benefit of the doubt from day one. I had prayed that -just one- person and their horses finish as proof of concept. The fact that the completions were a higher percentage than most AERC 50-mile rides of any toughness is a gift and a glory. Now I get to collect on my bet w/ Paul Sidio: a quart of fermented mare's milk, wa'n't it? Beverley On 9/5/09 9:34 PM, "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxx> wrote: Melissa said:By keeping the whole ride route, urtuu locations and ?GPS coordinates shrouded in secrecy to everyone except ?their own media team, it was clearly intended to keep ?outside media from capturing any stories, film footage ?or pictures of any terrible mishaps that might have ?happened on the trail or document the outcome of the ?horses.? If you ask me, the reason for not publicizing the ride route and urtuu locations was solely for the purpose of keeping misguided, over-zealous, sanctimonious do-gooders from making a nuisance of themselves along the course and attempting to "put a stop to" the event in person the way they attempted to put a stop to in on-line. ? A goodly number of such people had already demonstrated that they were willing to make nuisances of themselves in cyberspace and had no interest in reasoned discourse, the LAST thing that I would want to do is tell them where I was actually going to be so that they could do the same in actual space. ? Judging from the on-line response to publicizing the event, and there being no way to provide the participants with any security beyond secrecy along the 1000 km course, chancing a bunch of irrational, crack-pot lunatics going off the deep end and attempting to put a stop to it through sabotage wouldn't be something that I would want to risk. ? Many of the detractors of the event had already demonstrated themselves to be almost completely unhinged.??Publicizing how to find the participants who would be alone out on the Steppes of Mongolia and quite vulnerable to attack would be absolutely crazy.? Only a total idiot would publicize such information. ? OF COURSE they didn't tell the whole world where to find them.? Who would?!? ? kat Orange County, Calif. :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________ Beverley Kane, MD Horsensei Equine-Assisted Learning & Therapy Woodside, CA http://www.horsensei.com The Manual of Medicine and Horsemanship-- Transforming the Doctor-Patient Relationship with Equine-Assisted Learning http://www.authorhouse.com:80/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=49669 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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