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Re: [RC] Training Facilities (was too quiet) - Maryanne Stroud GabbaniI would love to see that, Barbara....in fact, I would kill myself to make it there just to watch. But SOMEHOW I doubt that it will ever happen. These guys do not want to tough it out on the hills. In fact, the last UAE/FEI ride here was on graded roads at the Giza pyramids (hard and flat) and whenever we tried in the early days to add hills to our rides they were re-routed by the TD to be flat and photogenic even when they were illegal. We have some very nice buttes and hills and a couple of marvelous old gravel pits where you have to negotiate trails through big pits, but no way will they use any of those sites. They are "too dangerous".......well, duh, yes at 20 kph they sure are. And God forbid that you might actually have to walk.Maryanne Cairo, Egypt On Tuesday, Feb 25, 2003, at 01:37 Africa/Cairo, Barbara McCrary wrote: You see, this is where my suggestion of having the course for a championship located on the OD, Tevis, Swanton Pacific, Big Horn or other similar trails.? Toss in a foot of snow on mountain passes and then see who shines.? I believe the UAE riders are as good as they are on their own courses because that's where they train, that is the kind of terrain they live on.? Would they do as well in the mountains?? It would be worth a try, wouldn't it?
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