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David,
First, how may rides have you done? While I don't feel the Duck rides are 
necessarily for only experienced endurance riders, I do feel Dave expects 
you to be less dependent on him and the vets.

His rides are a true treat...I would do them all if I could afford it. Feel 
free to email me privately if you want any specific answers..I'll do my best 
to help you.



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> From: "David LeBlanc" <dleblanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   Differences between a Duck ride and other rides?
> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:25:14 -0700
>
> I was considering going to the Death Valley ride, and wrote to ask about
> some things I had a question about. Karen replied, and oddly enough,
> discouraged me from coming. I've never had a RM do this before, and it was
> apparently because she thought I required something these rides won't
> provide. I'm not really sure just what this might be - there's lots of
> things I like, but most of them aren't required - and asked about it, but
> haven't seen a reply just yet.
>
>
>
> I went to the web site, and found this -
>
>
>
> "I hope that ride managers, offering rides with more structure and 
> amenities
> will continue to prosper and conduct even more rides, so that everyone will
> have an opportunity to seek a venue they wish to play in. Our rides are not
> for everyone, nor are they meant to be. They operate under the direction of
> our family, whose style and opinions are well known. Distance riding is a
> many faceted sport, and the variety of venues shows strength, not a
> weakness. We welcome you to give our corner of the sport a try."
>
>
>
> I've been to rides where there were lots of nice amenities - showers, 
> dinner
> every night, running water, and so on, but none of these are requirements.
> All I really require is a reasonably well marked trail, and water for the
> horses along the way. Basically, if I know what to expect, I can generally
> manage. Many of the rides I go to don't have much to anything I'd consider
> an amenity - just a place to park, horse water in camp, a good trail to
> ride, and vets. As I've stated here before, I strongly prefer a treatment
> vet be present - I rarely need one, but the rides where no one has needed
> one have been the exception.
>
>
>
> Since Karen's apparently too busy to reply, I'm sure plenty of you have 
> been
> to Duck rides, and can hopefully explain just what the difference is. I've
> read the bit about how you're expected to take care of your own horse, and
> that's something I agree with - so what else is there? Some of these rides
> are in some pretty cool places, and now that I'm starting to get some
> vacation accumulated, travelling out of the NW may well be an option next
> year.



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