Mentoring

[Jackcrook@aol.com]

On the Manzanita 75 ride this past weekend Karen Sweaney and I had Marci 
Cunningham as our mentor.  Neither Karen or I had done a ride in the dark and 
Marci's advice was invaluable to both of us.  She helped us position the glo 
sticks on the breast collars and offered other advice that helped us get 
through this ride.  Thanks Marci and I'm hoping you will help us on our first 
100.

Mentoring is such a neat thing.  Experienced riders can offer such assistance 
to those of us trying something new for the first time.  I have over 4,000 
miles of endurance riding, but not riding after dark.  Don't be afraid to 
help others out.

Completing the Manzanita 75 was such an accomplishment for my little 14 hand 
rescue horse.   Thanks Terry for such a good ride and a chance to see if we 
could go further than the standard 50.  Thanks Karen for being such a good 
ride partner, even if it was the blind leading the blind.  Thanks Marci for 
taking the time to help Karen and I get through it.  It was great.

I hope more people agree to be mentors.  It can only help improve the sport.

Cindy Crook and ReinBeau (I'm not scared of the dark)
Lakeside, CA


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