Ridecamp: [RC] Water at rides

If anybody out there is considering going to a multiday for the first time, 
it might be a good idea to read Once Upon a 
Duck:  http://www.xprides.com/OnceUponADuck.html  (I will paste one 
paragraph below, BE SURE TO READ IT WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR).

That being said -- I've done a few point to point multidays, okay about 
3000+ miles worth -- and these rides are definitely different from the 
rest.  You do have to be self sufficient and have a great crew, or arrange 
to work with a team so you can alternate water stops and other things.  It 
is one of the reasons why multiday riders are more like family and become 
so close.  Everybody helps everybody else out.  Plus you get to know 
people, really know them.  Not like one day rides where half the people 
have packed up and left before Trilby makes it in.

On all other regular multidays (same basecamp, or mostly same basecamp), 
all the rides I've done have had plenty of water.  This is where 'plenty' 
can vary between every 5 miles or every 10 or 15 miles.  I think that it 
gives us the opportunity to learn how to really take care of our horses and 
ride accordingly.  We learn so much more....well, go read Once Upon a Duck 
and see for yourself!

Happy Trails,

Karen
in NV

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Perhaps this is the place to define how some endurance riders view the 
sport. It is a challenge; each new obstacle is something to overcome with 
individual initiative, not something to expect ride management to overcome 
for you. Some endurance riders are not unlike the young men of the early 
days who, as they floated down the great rivers on their way West, were 
tempted into the many caves along the way to "wrestle the bear." It would 
have been no sport to wrestle the bear if you were always guaranteed a 
happy ending, but when you emerged from the cave you had met the unknown 
and had conquered it. Some caves contained two bears for added enjoyment. 
The Duck and BBC, being a couple of old bear wrestlers themselves, believe 
that management exists to create a challenge, not to help you through every 
possible obstacle. Many endurance riders today compete only to race their 
machines; they don't want any surprises. They prepare themselves and their 
mounts beforehand and they want a guarantee that the event will be 
predictably exact. Due to the magnitude of this project and the lack of 
funds to provide control over all of the factors involved, not to mention 
the Duck's lackadaisical attitude on life in general, this ride will be 
short on guarantees and niceties. The barest essentials will be provided: 
cave, one or more bears, awards on exit. They will, however, provide you 
with more than you have ever been provided with on a ride - more miles to 
ride, more historic sites, more open country, more freedom to succeed but 
also more freedom to fail. All of the essentials will be provided to ensure 
AERC sanction. There will be a marked trail (they are trying to obtain the 
other half of the roll of ribbon Pat Fitzgerald used to mark the Silver 
Springs Ride) and the services of a qualified veterinarian (his former 
employer said he was the most qualified chicken inspector the state ever 
had until he got on the bottle). There will also be awards


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