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RE: [RC] Thank you for the hospitality - Steph TeeterAnd these wonderful comments are from a woman who has, in turn, extended her full hospitality to others. Our youngest son (18) is spending the winter in Egypt with Maryanne. Experiencing the world beyond Idaho, meeting new people, shaping his attitude on life. I'm hoping to meet him over there, but we'll have to see. Actually I've been pestering Maryanne about doing an Oasis to Oasis multiday ride :) Thanks to Maryanne, we've see the birth of Endurance in another continent, with an 'eyes wide open' honesty that we don't get in the UAE ride reports. So Maryanne - Heart-felt thanks! - back at you! Steph -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Maryanne Stroud Gabbani Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 9:25 AM To: Ridecamp Cc: Mohamed Kharma Subject: [RC] Thank you for the hospitality I want to thank everyone who has responded to my email regarding my friend Mohamed Kharma. I shared your emails with him and he was amazed at how many people offered to take him out for a ride or meet him for dinner or whatever. I wasn't so amazed because over the years I've seen time and time again how generous ridecampers are with their time and energy for global wanderers like myself. You all may not think that you are anything special, but I would like to assure you that you are indeed. Your willingness to share information and experiences both online and in person are truly appreciate by people who live in areas where information and experience are much less easy to come by. In 2001 when I had the opportunity to volunteer to help out at the Pan Ams in Vermont, my friends here assumed that I had some special kind of "wasta" or "connection" as they call it here. There was no way that I could just tell them, "No, guys, these are simply really wonderful people." Anyone who has tried to deal with our equestrian federation in Egypt will understand. The fact that they do not tell anyone other than a small group that there is a trainer or that they don't even tell us when there is going to be a ride is basically taken for granted as normal operating procedure. I'm trying to let our riders see that things don't always work that way and that they don't have to. I don't want to steal any of Howard's thunder on getting teary-eyed over the terrific endurance community, but I do want you all to hear it from another source. I don't get to meet you all at rides and conventions, but I meet you online every day. You all have been inspirational to me when my hope for any sane kind of endurance in Egypt was at its lowest ebb. You are indeed a community in the broadest sense of the word, people with commonality that overrides differences. Should any of you find yourselves able to come here, you should know that we would like to return that sense of community and we appreciate all that we've been able to learn from your experience. Thank you again for just being yourselves. Maryanne Cairo =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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