RE: FW: Re: FW: Wild Horses Debunked!

["Michael Sherrell" <grizzlyan@mindspring.com>]

I'm a trail rider, not an endurance rider, although my paso and I did do the
Far West 25-miler in a gentle 4.5 hrs. a couple of years ago, and I was
ridecamping in Death Valley a couple of New Years ago when the 50-milers
came through. I listen to endurance riders because they push the horse and
equipment envelopes, which trickles down to me with my slower long distance
rides.

In Sonoma County, California, we've lost half the rides within a 25-mile
radius in the last 5 years to developers. I hate them.

Regards,

Michael Sherrell
Grizzly Analytical (USA)
707 887 2919/fax 707 887 9834
www.grizzlyanalytical.com

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From: 	elfs[SMTP:elfs@c2i2.com]
Sent: 	Wednesday, December 06, 2000 2:19 PM
To: 	Michael Sherrell
Subject: 	Re: FW: Re: FW: Wild Horses Debunked!

Michael,
 I am all for free speech, but comments like those are just annoying, I have
a very good friend who is both a developer and an endurance rider who is
tops in this sport. Please get on to more productive endurance subjects , we
all do things different in the process of living and the criticism is not
needed.
  I would be more interest in hearing about how you ride endurance, and what
you can contribute to the sport in this forum that would help those willing
to learn.
Dru

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Sherrell <grizzlyan@mindspring.com>
To: 'Ridecamp' <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 8:01 AM
Subject: RC: FW: Re: FW: Wild Horses Debunked!


> I'm really sorry that so many of you regard environmentalists as your
> adversaries. I know there are plenty of environmentalists that are opposed
> to horses in wild areas, but probably the second biggest reason I'm an
> active environmentalist (and member of the Sierra Club) is that I want to
> preserve as much undeveloped land as possible with an eye to being able to
> ride on it.
>
> I also strongly connect environmentalism with riding because the essence
of
> the riding experience is being with an animal in nature.
>
> But back to the point: I think the biggest war right now affecting
> trailriding is the one between development and open space, and I don't see
> how a horseperson could side with anyone but the environmentalists on this
> (unless they were a developer that kept horses, but I always saw them as
> something like a Jewish Nazi).
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Sherrell
> Grizzly Analytical (USA)
> 707 887 2919/fax 707 887 9834
> www.grizzlyanalytical.com
>