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Just wanted to share some moments from the OD as I crewed for Skip and my 
daughter Ashley's (first 100 and her horse's first hundred/she completed).  One 
crew forgot grain, someone else gave some of theirs. Conscientious vets followed up on horses that passed the vet check but something wasn't quite right. Some of these horses went on to complete, others will live to ride another day. 
Volunteers worked in the heat and humidity for two days, some were at vet check 
1 and closed down Edinburg Gap some 13 hours later. One horse owner went from 
vet check to vet check crewing for her horse and friend rider while wearing a 
heavy plastic back brace stabilizing freshley broken vertebrae and ribs. I saw 3 horses and riders pulled  at the last vet check (only nine miles to go) and they had smiles on their faces and thanked everyone at the vet check who had tried to help them and their horses. One rider completed the 100, put his horse to bed and came back to the finish line to welcome back the last few riders and horses. 
I'm not sure the official treatment vet slept in two days, not because she was 
treating horses, she helped out with anything that was needed. However, the most impressive moment was at Curtis, the second to last vet check, of Paul Sidio (who will forever be know to me as the Cavalry man) as he sat on the ground eating cold lasagne and making sure his horse was warm and happy. I saw Paul at every vet check and I never saw him without a smile.  All these vignettes will remain etched in my memory and once again it makes me proud to be a member of the endurance family. 
Barb Kemerer