Re: RC: Cavalry Riding

["Tamara Habberley" <tamarahabberley@hotmail.com>]

Hi

glad to read another heartening tail of crewless riding!

Your email made me smile though , I thoutght this man has met my ex crew.

>The hustle and bustle of finding the pit crew, worring about if they
>will be there, discovering they ate all your M&M's or what ever

I did one ride a 40 mile CTR and needed a crew under the roganisations ride 
rules. I was really pleased as I had a 'proper' crew ie. not just hubbie but 
two people who had previously crewed for an international time rider. never 
again!

One of the two crew memembrs was I guess to be tactful the word is junoesque 
- the crew car listed when she got in. She refused to leave the car through 
out the ride and back at the venue we found out why.

She had eaten all the food Id prepared for every one; my food, my husbands 
food, the other crew members food and my horses apples and carrots! She even 
managed to eat a muti 12 pack of crisps all by herself and still bought a 
hot dog at the venue...

Tamara.


>From: "guest@endurance.net" <guest@endurance.net>
>To: "ridecamp@endurance.net" <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: RC:  Cavalry Riding
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 07:51:33 -0800
>
>Kevin Baird kbaird@roanoke-cement.com
>Even occasional lurkers leave posts once in a while.
>
>I have completed the OD in the cavalry division and hit 88 miles
>a couple of times in cavalry,<:(  Cavalry at the OD is the ultimate 
>challenge.
>The hustle and bustle of finding the pit crew, worring about if they
>will be there, discovering they ate all your M&M's or what ever
>pit crew story you have are all gone.  It is just you and your
>horse, period.  So you had better take care of them.  It amazes
>me to see how well the horse does.  As you stand off to the side
>at the vet checks watching what can be a mad house of pit
>crewing going on;  Magic potions being mixed and shoved down horses
>necks the occaisional delusional rider hollaring at their pit crew.
>Bran mashes, gruels, probiotics, ice boots, horse coolers, the
>list goes on of the numerous amenities horses benefit from and often
>just annoyed with.
>
>Everyone should, at least once in their life, attempt a ride like
>the OD 100 in the Cavalry divison.  Yes, you can do it. The
>first time I completed I carried about 1000 lbs of stuff and junk.
>When I finished I still had 999 lbs of stuff and junk. You find
>that you and your horse need amazingly little to complete the
>ride safely.
>Try a pitcrew free ride sometime.  You might just find you like it.  You 
>can always pull out of the cavalry division and other
>pitcrew are always great about helping out riders in need.
>
>My wife and I seldomly have pitcrew but the times we do have pitcrew
>we really appreciate them being there. I am all for
>self-sufficiency
>but it is nice to see a friendly face at 4 in the morning.
>
>At the OD the management only supplies water for horse and rider.
>I do not believe they have ever supplied hay. As long as Virginia is not 
>having a big drought there is usually grass at the vet checks except for 
>two at about 35 miles (Roosevelt)
>and 79 miles (Pickett Springs).
>Those two can be thin of grass.  But there in those two checks
>with little grass lies the challenge of finding what the horse
>needs on the OD trail.
>
>Happy Holidays!
>Kevin Baird
>
>
>
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