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Re: ridecamp bandannas and camaraderie



Linda
I am sorry to hear about your negative experiences on the trail. I am sure we
could all site a few of those but I know I could site a whole bunch more of
great experiences. An example of this was this weekend .Several of us were
riding with both a first time rider and a first time junior. They were a lot of
fun as we rode round the course and we talked . The person who hauled them to
the race was a farmer who took time away from harvesting his crop to get these
two to the ride. I was impressed that he would financially risk a day that
could of been combining the crop. When the one junior rider crossed the finish
line on the horse he trained ,conditioned and had lent to her he was almost in
tears. No she was not his daughter ,but rather she came from a large poor
family who could not of afforded to play in this sport. I think the good far
out weighs the bad in this sport. The negative people should be ignored and
maybe they will figure out that the fun is not in winning, but in competing and
doing their best.

Jerald

llayman@neorx.com wrote:

>      I bought a ridecamp bandanna at Bully Wully, wore it throughout the
>      entire 50 miles to keep my neck cool, and nobody said a word to me
>      about it. I'm not so sure about this camaraderie. Me and my two
>      teammates had 25 milers crowding us on single track trails with bad
>      footing (we pulled off at the first SAFE opportunity). I had 50 milers
>      crowding us on a single track steep scary trail wanting to pass while
>      I waited for a team mate to pull himself out of the sticker bushes and
>      haul himself back onto his horse. Granted it was steep, but they were
>      not slipping off the side of the hill, and dang, we had a rider down
>      (way down, on the side of the hill).  As we moved to a wider spot (the
>      middle of a creek) and they passed us (rapidly and rudely) I asked
>      them to have a first aid team to meet us at the finish line to check
>      on my teammate (now mounted and moving), and they ended up sending out
>      the head vet with a trailer to find the horse with the broken leg.
>      That scared the hell out of our crew, who sat biting their nails and
>      shaking until they saw us come in safely.
>
>      I have yet to go to a ride and find this all wonderful group of
>      ridecampers that will go out of their way to help their fellow riders.
>      I talk to them on the internet, but they are not out on the trails.
>      Two years ago, my horse and I nose-dived into a erosion control gravel
>      pit (the really big kind) and the two women in the lead I had been
>      tailing left me there, in a gravel pit, hanging onto my horse for dear
>      life, while they galloped away to win the race! (I came in fourth,
>      with gravel embedded in my hip, after regaining control of my mount).
>      So all you nice ridecampers out there, get off the keyboard and out
>      onto the trails where you can set a good example for the rude, unsafe,
>      snotty, selfish riders I usually meet!
>
>      Linda-Cathrine
>
>
>
>      Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 09:02:43 -0600
>      From: Jerald Thiessen <thiesj@tdbank.ca>
>      Subject: Re: RideCampers Bob and Amber Roberts and "Comaraderie"
>
>      Bob, There is away identify yourself at a ride. Just buy a ridecamp
>      scarf from Steph and tie it to your trailer or truck antenna. They are
>      bright yellow and do get noticed. Jerald





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