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Title: “I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience

paul@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

#2) They put 26 riders with zero known endurance riding experience out there in the middle of nowhere, on strange horse after strange horse,  with little or no crew support doing about 60 miles a day until they had covered 600 miles. Instead of a train wreck, they  had 20 of the 26 finish, with three still out there on trail, and expected to finish tomorrow.  What occurs to me is that if there is no viable Rider Option to pull, many people will suck it up and complete. If the only way out is forward, then more people will keep going that way. When they did the XP in 2001, and the Santa Fe in 2007 and 2008, many riders were able to go a lot further  than they ever had.

We all have a much inflated view of our abilities.  The more difficult we make it seem - the more it inflates our ego.

Take care of your horse and your horse will take care of you. It's about the horse - not the rider. That's good take home lesson for each and every one of us ;-) !

Truman

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“I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.” Carl Sagan