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> From: stephteeter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [RC] ponying and other rules > Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:12:30 -0600 > To: Marinera@xxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > this story is priceless!!! we are a crazy bunch... > > Steph > > On Aug 21, 2008, at 9:27 PM, Marinera@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Sometime in the 70s there was a 100 miler starting at midnight and > > a 50 miler > > starting at 6 or 7 a.m. the same day just a few miles apart. Much > > of the two rides was on the same trail. I decided I could do both. > > I started at midnight, rode the first horse 50 miles and handed him > > to a friend. I went to the other ride site, made it in time, and > > rode Gazal fifty miles. I then returned to the first now well > > rested horse and continued on the 100 miler. It was all rather ill > > fated. The first horse was a terrible spooker and had dumped me > > twice in the dark in the early morning. When I returned to him the > > other 100 milers were now well ahead of me and I was out there > > alone with people complaining that I was holding up the vet stops. > > He (his name was Comet) dumped me again and I quit. > > > > Because we were a new organization, we had few rules and I had not > > broken any. I apparently was the only one who recognized the > > possibility of doing two rides in one 24 hour period, or perhaps > > the others were less demented than I. Now you cannot have two > > rides on the same day in more or less the same location and I am > > sure there are other rules that apply also. But I wish now I > > had accomplished my goal. I know I could have done it if I had > > just managed to stay aboard the horse. > > Julie > > > > > > ************** > > It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel > > deal here. > > (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > 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!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
