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[RC] Bekki's cancer walk - rides2far@xxxxxxxx

Thanks to all the endurance crowd who donated money to Bekki Crippen's cancer 
walk. Bekki trained hard this winter, after having had a double mastectomy last 
spring and a hysterectomy in Jan. she was very serious about doing this 3 mile 
walk and actually even got up in front of the crowd at Million Pines to ask for 
donations (not like her to speak in front of crowds!)

What the people there didn't know was that before Sunday's walk Bekki went with 
us Saturday and did almost SIX miles trudging through mud and over rocks being 
the helper for a worker with a chainsaw clearing trail for Longstreet's Charge. 
It's hard to round up workers, especially when it's *raining* but Bekki showed 
up and did her share even though she doesn't have a horse to ride this year. 
When I came back from my section of trail I saw Bekki with mud up to her knees 
on her jeans and just walking straight through the creeks instead of trying for 
stepping stones. She was cheerful and just said, "I'll sleep *good* tonight!  I 
was scared I'd crippled her before her big walk Sunday but she did it and was 
elated when I talked to her on the phone.

Jody Buttram has helped negotiate a loan of a good horse from Louisiana which 
is making his way up here through a series of complicated hand offs and she'll 
bring him to Bekki at Longstreet's Charge so hopefully she'll be on the trail 
again. Thanks again to everyone who donated. She's serious about raising money 
to cure cancer and since she's already gotten it I guess she's doing it for 
people like us who haven't gotten it yet. She was excited and her parents were 
just amazed when an endurance rider they'd never met from out of region sent 
$50 to her cause. They are so happy she's part of this community.

Angie McGhee

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