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[RC] Public Trails - k s swigartHeidi said: The ride manager has a specific permit for those trails for that day, and as such, has every right to insist that unentered horses not be out there. Think of it as being like a public campground--if all the spaces are full, the campground host can turn people away, even though it is "public." I have never been to an endurance ride where the ride managers were given the exclusive use of public trails, and I can't imagine any public land manager issuing such a permit. At every ride I have ever been to that has trails on public land, we have had to share the trail with other users. Not saying that it never happens, just that I've never known it to happen, and itnever even occured to me that anybody would think that land managers who allow endurance rides on public lands should close the trails to other users while the ride is going on. I have, on many occasions, encounterd bicyclists, motorcyclists, hikers, hunters, and other non-entered equestrians at endurance rides. In fact, I quite possibly owe my life to one of the other users of public lands at an endurance ride, since I am told it was a man and his son out hunting turkeys that provided the communications to call the paramedics when I had my little accident at the Grand Canyon Ride. Let's not start expecting to be granted exclusive use of the trails when we have endurance rides on public lands. That is not going to endear endurance riders to ANYBODY. kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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