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I think just like any sport it is "life" to someone. I
don't mind the people who feel this way and more power
to them for doing something they love. I find that the
riders are ruder to other riders and not so much to
the volunteers, as some of them are actually ride
managers or volunteers themselves. J

--- Catfish Daniels <catfishdaniels@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Well, I guess to many of the "racers" it is their
> life.  They live, breathe, 
> and sweat endurance riding.  They taylor their lives
> around the sport.  They 
> spend years breeding and training to eventually
> compete with their horses.  
> They relocate and move to areas for the sole purpose
> of living on or near 
> some of the best trails available for training. 
> They may not be the 
> majority - but there are many endurance riders who
> consider this to be their 
> life.
>
> And those who I'm thinking of, who fit into that
> category, are also 
> advocates of good examples - idols to be respected -
> not just for their 
> accomplishments, but as endurance riders in general
> - full of gratitude, 
> appreciation, and a steady willingness to help.
>
> I guess it CAN be your life - whole heartedly - and
> you can still have the 
> decency to be polite and appreciative at rides -
> racing or not.
>
> Catfish
>
>
> > From: SandyDSA@xxxxxxx
> > To: jonnij@xxxxxxxx, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [RC]   rude riders revisited
> > Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:21:26 EST
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 11/3/2005 10:14:44 A.M. Pacific
> Standard Time,
> > jonnij@xxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > It is sad that ones first time coming out to 
> volunteer at a ride will turn
> > them off to the sport. He even mentioned he  avoids
> riding on the day of 
> > the
> > ride on those trails, as he just does not want  to
> deal with "endurance
> > riders"......
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > It is even MORE sad that the smart mouths who
> generally DO this are people
> > who seriously need a life. Endurance racing/riding
> is not LIFE! It is a 
> > sport,
> > a  hobby, a pastime, not LIFE. If people would HAVE
> something that they
> > consider  more important than this sport (not that
> we all don't just LOVE 
> > it) - such
> > as a  good job, friends, a precious family, faith -
> then perhaps they
> > wouldn't be SO  twisted in the britches when
> something like an 
> > inexperienced in timer
> > slows them  down by half a second. Frankly, the
> only real issues that need
> > biting on most of  the time are - enough WATER for
> the horses, and enough
> > COMPETENT vets. (Not to  include cousin Jimmy who
> is brand new to the 
> > field). It
> > just isn't life, peeps.
> > s
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