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[RC] safety and passing - Jonnitheir personal needs for...success do not supercede the need for safety.<<< Amen Sandy! Last year at Tevis, I was in the middle of a string of about 20 horses, all of us walking (and leading) down into one of the canyons. Narrow trail, no where to pass. The riders were going as fast as safe for the number of head and tail horses that had gathered, even jogging where possible. Coming from behind, a rider yells out "I'd like to pass". Well, she was probably sorry she spoke up after about half the group verbally got on her about how many horses there were, safety, and she would just have to wait. I'm not sure what she was thinking, as she has been on the trail before, and should have known that was not going to happen. We were sure not in a fast finish time group either. But, often a riders focus gets on the competition, and not always on safety, where, really, safety to themselves, and those around them should indeed be priority. Maybe next time that happens, I'll just ask the rider who wants to pass "Does that really look like it would be safe right now?" And yes, I have come up on riders who will not get out of the way to be passed, even when it is safe, and wide spots in the trail come up. That can be very, very frustrating. I have a friend that tells them after asking nice a couple times "If you don't let us pass at the next wide spot, we WILL come past you anyway". Her authoritive voice usually has them pulling over at the next opportunity. Jonni =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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