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Re: [RC] hills in Florida? - Sky RanchThis argument is not about altitude or incline of hills, is it. It's about SAND. Sand conditioning is a whole different ballgame, and if a horse isn't used to deep sand, it's a big problem. If you don't condition in sand, your horse can go lame really quickly trying to negotiate deep sand, especially at speed. And hey, if you want to train in sand *with altitude*, go west, don't go to Florida.... There's plenty of great sand, and REAL hill climbing in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, etc. And forgive me, Jonni, but (as you know - LOL!) there are LOTS of hills in Texas. And sand - for sand alone: Padre Island comes to mind, Galveston Island comes to mind, and for some "hills" -- try the Guadalupe Mountains, Chisos Mountains in Big Bend Nat'l Park, you're getting up to 7,000 to 8,000 plus feet elevation there. Carla Richardson Colorado ----- Original Message ----- From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Lynn Kinsky" <lkinsky@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [RC] hills in Florida? There seems to be an ongoing fist fight about where the highest point actually is. There is a point near Clearmont that claims to be 345 feet and claims to be the peak. There is a point - Moundon Hill - which I look at out my back door that some claim is the highest. Of course the argument could be settled easily but it goes on. However, it seems there is a bound between sea level and 100 meters. Truman Lynn Kinsky wrote:No offense Jody, beter check your references again. Swamps are in the south end of the state. The land features of FL are very subtle.Subtle is a good word <g>. I'm from Florida, and flat is also a good word. This is a description of the lumpy part of the state:In 1921, Edward W. Bok was spending the winter months in the residential mountain lake community located adjacent to the highest hill of Florida's Lake Wales Ridge, 298 feet above sea level. He enjoyed taking evening walks to the top of "Iron Mountain," among the virgin pines and sandhill scrub, to enjoy Florida's dramatic sunsets and bird life. The idea came to him to preserve this hilltop and create a bird sanctuary - a place of beauty, serenity and peace.-- Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/-- "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." - Paul Erdos (1913-1996) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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