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We can check with Don Huston, but the altitude gain from mile 20 to 21  
if I recall correctly is substantial, first down then up.  There are a  
lot more hills in Manzanita than you think.  Leaving basecamp after  
the lunch check (on the 50), leaving vet 2 for the 8 mile loop, etc.

Unless you're talking just LD?  I think when you drag ride, and pull  
ribbons, you are excruciatingly aware of elevation gain and loss.  And  
since it's chaparral, those ribbons are very low to the ground a lot!   
Kat and I drag rode the last 25 miles in 2005, I think, she rode her  
nearly 16.2hh Anglo stallion--it was a long way down, but she pulled  
more ribbons than I did on my 15.2hh boy. ;-)

Don, give us the scoop!  A flatter desert ride is of course Git 'Er  
Done.  Even Fire Mountain has elevation, tricky since it's so subtle.

Lynne
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On Dec 9, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Elizabeth Walker wrote:

> No, no.  "Virtually Flat" is the Manzanita ride -- nice, flat  
> desert :).  Maybe one hill.  :)  I don't know what the elevation  
> change is, but I'd be surprised if it was much more than 100 feet.  :)
>
> On Dec 9, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Diane Trefethen wrote:
>
> > > My handy conversion program translated this to 500 meters = 1, 640  
> > > feet, and 99 km = 61.5 miles.  If the poster was talking about  
> > > altitude change, 1600 feet of change is - while perhaps not "great  
> > > difficulty", I wouldn't say it is "virtually flat", either.
> >
> > I would.  Reduce that down and you get about 27 feet of "climbing"  
> > for each mile or 3.5 feet in a city block.  With 1 tree root, 1  
> > curb, 2 buckled sidewalk sections, that leaves about 12" of  
> > elevation.  LOL!

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