Re: Cavalry Riding

["superpat" <superpat@gateway.net>]

OK Guys,
I must be missing something here. I have been riding in the NW now for
almost six years. I have yet to ride a 100 but we have completed one 80 and
one sixty and a whole bunch of 50's. One year Engelita and I earned a
"Sandybar" award. (That's at least 10 consecutive rides in one season with
no pulls). Some of those, we top tenned and earned one BC. (Limestone, a
hot, very tough ride). I have yet to benefit(?) from the services of a pit
crew. I would guess that at least 80% of the riders I see at these rides do
not have any outside help either. No big deal! There is the occasional
husband or wife and sometimes I see friends serving as pit crews but maybe
this cavalry discussion is referring to something different. Please
enlighten me someone.
Pat Super

----- Original Message -----
From: Tamara Habberley <tamarahabberley@hotmail.com>
To: <guest@endurance.net>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 10:20 AM
Subject: RC: Cavalry Riding


> 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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