Re: AERC Completion Time Rule

[Chaco L <ChacoL@aol.com>]

In a message dated 98-01-15 05:47:08 EST, jlong@mti.net writes:

> In the 50, the *First Place* time was 13 hours, 43 minutes, and 40
>  seconds including holds (I looked it up).  Under our current rule,
>  *nobody* would have completed the 50.  Even with the 15 hour limit we
>  only had about a 50% completion rate in the 50.
>  
>  Does this mean those riders were wimps?  That their horses weren't
>  good enough for endurance? 

In my opinion, no, it means the ride should have been canceled due to extreme
weather conditions.

Linda
San Francisco