Death Valley Encounter, 1999 Part 1, Day 1 & 2 by Karen Chaton Click here to see several pages of photos from the ride. As I was packing, I couldn’t believe that an entire year had gone by since we had been to Death Valley in 1998. For us, it is the first ride of [...]
by Karen Chaton This ride was definitely an endurance ride, in every sense. This rider was in for a big surprise anyhow. ;^) I went there expecting a nice easy ride with all the vet checks back in camp. I was planning on using this ride solely as a conditioning ride for Rocky, in preparation [...]
We started in the dark on day 1. As Crockett said, it was as dark as the inside of your eyelids. We began with a controlled start and as we began our long ascent to 11,100′ I couldn’t help but grin from ear to ear. This was one ride that I had wanted to do [...]
by Karen Chaton This past Saturday was the Eastern High Sierra Classic 30/50 in Bridgeport, California. The weather turned out to be absolutely perfect. (80′s and sunny) Since my horse Rocky was up for Jackie’s Horse Excellence award, I was sorta stuck riding him (not that riding him is such a bad thing), so I [...]
by Karen Chaton This ride began with a little different beginning (and ending) than most multiday rides do (for most people). Most normal people would be content to just go ride 250 miles in 5 days. But not me. Nope, I had this crazy idea that since I couldn’t possibly miss the NASTR ride, in [...]
I think it was Wednesday night before the ride that I decided to take Rocky to this ride. I had pre-entered my other horse but wasn’t really sure which one was going. After doing 20 MT I was pretty sore and not sure I ever wanted to ride ‘ol Rockhead on another 100 miles. But [...]
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