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Mohamed Kharma, who is my neighbour and the head of the infant Egyptian 
Endurance Riders Association, is travelling to San Francisco on the 
15th of January.  He'll be staying at the Westin near Union Square.  We 
were out riding this morning in the desert and he mentioned that he'd 
love to find some time to ride there or visit with riders, so I offered 
to contact Ridecamp.  I don't know what his schedule will be, but I 
keep trying to get these guys in touch with someone who can show them 
an AERC ride or talk to them about riding and conditioning....ANYTHING, 
in the cause of education.  Most of them aren't as pushy as I am <VBEG> 
so they don't know how to find out what is going on when they travel.  
All these guys have seen have been the first fun 20 km ride we had in 
2000 and then a string of horrible, depressing, unfortunate exhibitions 
of UAE arrogance and wealth.  That isn't endurance, but it's hard being 
the only voice in the wilderness. If there is anyone out there who can 
even take Mohamed out for dinner or drag him off for a ride or a 
conditioning ride, then maybe I will have another voice here.  Checking 
the ride calendar, the only ride would be Fire Mountain on the 17th of 
January and my California geography is a bit rusty so I'm not 
altogether sure how far that is from the Bay area.

Anyway, as I said, anything would be good.  Even just a ride so he can 
spend some time talking to people.  Mohamed's English is just fine and 
he also speaks French.  He's in his 50's and has two teenage daughters 
who ride with us.  Nice man.

Maryanne
Cairo


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