Carol, your message is priceless! Love your last sentence. :-))
I wouldn't want a freeway, either, but I think a 3-4 foot wide trail without a guardrail would be safer than a 2-foot wide eroding trail that drops off 1,000 feet. (Notice, I never mentioned a guardrail any time in my messages.) I don't ride for the adrenaline rush, but for the beauty and experience of seeing new scenery and for the bonding with my horse. I still think Tevis is enough of a challenge without dangerous trails. And I'm not criticizing you; I just have a different opinion. Someday, someone is going to be killed on that trail and the WSTF may have more trouble on its hands than it wants. It had enough trouble years ago when a couple of riders took the wrong way out of the start and ended up being yanked off their horses by a ski lift cable at their necks.
