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RE: [RC] long /limited distance - David LeBlancThis is why we'd actually all be better off if a RM only had to get it to 50 +/- 2.5 miles... BTW, a GPS is accurate to a few feet in determining a single position. It isn't that good at determining the length of a squiggly path. I don't think they compensate for elevation change, and I know that when it can't read, it just assumes a straight line. John Teeter told me that he figured a GPS measured about 85-90% of actual distance, and where he lives tree cover isn't a problem. One ride I went to (name withheld because it was an otherwise nice ride) where the distances between vet checks were most screwed up was measured with a GPS and had considerable forest. I do know that if I went to a ride and some nitwit decided to protest the whole thing because it was actually 48.4 miles and now the whole thing was illegal because endurance must be >= 50, and LD can't be more than 35 (I think), I'd be first in line to tar and feather them. There's practical limits to how well these things can be measured. Putting the RM in a spot where a 49.95 mile ride isn't sanctionable is impractical. BTW, in places where the metric system is used, the 80 km ride is considered the same as a 50, but it is really 49.38 miles. <joking> So does this mean that the rest of the world doesn't do real endurance? </joking> -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara McCrary Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:32 PM To: Paul Latiolais; heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] long /limited distance I sincerely hope you are joking about this, because if you aren't and ride managers have to be absolutely accurate in having exactly 50 miles at the least, then there may suddenly be many less ride managers around than there are now. In other words, ride managers have enough to do without measuring their trail by the foot. We all do the best we can...... ============================================================ I still prefer what it is that BH100, Tevis, The Duck's Soup of Endurance, etc. has to offer...but, to see a horse canter over sand for those distances...Good Lord, it humbles me. ~ Frank Solano ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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