Re: [RC] [RC] Starting a 2nd horse in a ride (Mitts reply) - Nancy Mitts
And to think I threw that in as a joke.... You've GOT to be kidding that you
think it's okay????? I don't get YOUR attitude. If you're going to enter a
competition sanctioned by some organizing body, for Pete's sake be prepared
to find your fun and good times within the rules. I also enjoy pleasure
rides where I'm free to wander around and do as I please, but I don't expect
AERC credit for them.
Nancy Mitts
From: Jim Mitchell <navion2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Starting a 2nd horse in a ride (Mitts reply)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 18:17:48 -0700
Nancy Mitts wrote:
>Can I go back & grab my other horse if I have one? No wonder these
>rides are so popular!
>Yes, this goes way beyond any one rider or RM, it's apparently the
ingrained
>culture of the multi-day format.
I'm sorry, I just don't get this attitude. I believe our RM are ethical
people with intergrity. And they are also our front lines for this sport.
So I am at a ride with a spare horse. My started horse comes up lame at 1
mile. I can't go back and start another horse to have a good time, see the
trail, enjoy my friends, the beautiful country etc, Because to do so would
violate some sacred AERC rule. I can see the problem if this gives me some
great point advantage. But it doesn't. So where is the harm. I don't get
this selfish, me against you attitude that can't stand for somebody else to
have a nice day. I have never had this happen to me, nor do I know of it
happening, but it probably has. This is a hobby, we are supposed to have
fun, these are amateur rides with no money and little in the way of awards.
I'm sorry that some slight possibility of this event somehow (pretty
remote) changing some year end award is reason enough to not let people
enjoy themselves. AERC rules seem to be set up to award completions to a
team that finishes the course. A pull or starting a 2nd horse like
mentioned above doesn't change the fact that a team covered the course in
the allotted time. There ought to be some room for RM discretion. RM's are
trying to help their customers have a nice day when they don't see who it
hurts.
Those that want to get on the rules bandwagon again, those that have
been getting so indignant about possible minor rule violations. I expect
you all to go to the nearest police station and turn yourself in the next
time you go over the speed limit anywhere. After all this is a state law,
not an AERC nonprofit org rule. And anybody that has crossed a street
somewhere other than in the sidewalk, be in line behind them. And anybody
that has or is using illegal substances, join the line.
Jim Mitchell
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