Re: RENEGADE NOT CANCELLED

["cds" <trierfrm@internetcds.com>]

I have only ever put on a one day ride and it was a lot of work, you have
alot of gumption to be able to put on a 5 day ride, my hat is off to you and
I hope to go to your ride someday, sorry you moved it cause I was gonna go
if it was in AZ, but NM is to far from Oregon. hang in there Baby, Don't
take any Guff! Joyride
----- Original Message -----
From: <renegade12@juno.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 7:19 AM
Subject: RC: RENEGADE NOT CANCELLED


> This is a two part message,
>
> 1st)  The 13th Annual  RENEGADE 5 DAY RIDE is not cancelled.  Due to the
> initiatives of Bill Clinton and Bruce Babbitt to develop more national
> monuments in AZ, we were unable to obtain "new use" BLM Permits for the
> Bumblebee location this year.  The RENEGADE will be a One Base Camp 5
> different trails (55 miles per day) ride in New Mexico same dates of
> March 20th thru 24th, and this year we added  35 mile LD's each day.
>
> 2)  In response to an earlier cheap shot post, The Wickenburg Ride was
> upset about the proposed Renegade move, however the RENEGADE dates have
> always been the same.  In 1998 Wickenburg decided to revive itself, after
> having not existed for most if not all of the 1990's.  For their own
> reasons, in both 1998 and 1999 they picked the day after the RENEGADE as
> their ride date.  I spoke with the ride managers of Wickenburg a couple
> of months ago and told them I would include their Ride Flyers in the 200+
> Renegade flyers that I would mail, and I would help promote their ride to
> those many people from outside our region who would enter the Renegade
> and had extra horses.  In fact, I had over 10 riders who planned to
> finish the RENEGADE and then drive the short distance to Wickenburg to
> ride that ride on Saturday.  Also, I pointed out to the Wickenburg Ride
> Manager that multi day rides mainly attracted riders from outside the
> region, I reviewed with him the Renegade Ride entries to the Wickenburg
> entries for 1998 and 1999 and it was obvious that most of the Renegade
> entries were from other regions, not the SW.  I am confident their ride
> would not have suffered, and probably would have picked up additional
> riders who would never have been in the SW except they were entered in
> the RENEGADE.  I am sorry Wickenburg acted hastily and made the decision
> to cancel.
>
>
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