Karen's Musings & Endurance Ride Stuff » 1999 rides http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog miscellaneous musings about horses, health and life in general Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:55:40 +0000 en hourly 1 1999 Death Valley Encounter Ride Report by Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2000/01/1999-death-valley-encounter-ride-report-karen-chaton/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2000/01/1999-death-valley-encounter-ride-report-karen-chaton/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2000 06:13:25 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=1580 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 the new ride season and a great escape to get away to a warmer and dry climate. It had

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[[Show as slideshow]]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 for Silver State at Thanksgiving. His last ride was Outlaw Trail, and I knew he’d be a

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/1999/11/lake-oroville-vista-ride-report-november-1999-karen-chaton/feed/ 0 Outlaw Trail Story 265 Miles – 5 Days, September 20-24 1999 by Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/1999/09/outlaw-trail-story-265-miles-5-days-september-2024-1999-karen-chaton/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/1999/09/outlaw-trail-story-265-miles-5-days-september-2024-1999-karen-chaton/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 1999 00:22:51 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=1546 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 for at least four or five years and this year I finally firmly decided that we were going to

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/1999/09/outlaw-trail-story-265-miles-5-days-september-2024-1999-karen-chaton/feed/ 0 Bridgeport Ride Story, August 14, 1999 by Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/1999/08/bridgeport-ride-story-august-14-1999-karen-chaton/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/1999/08/bridgeport-ride-story-august-14-1999-karen-chaton/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 1999 17:53:23 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=1588 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 asked around for any brave volunteers who would ride Weaver for me and came up with one such soul

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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 Palomino Valley (north of Reno) that I would just sorta do it on the way to the XP. No

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/1999/06/june-pony-express-ride-1999-fort-schellbourne-nevada/feed/ 0 Washoe Valley 100, May 1, 1999 by Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/1999/05/washoe-valley-100-1-1999-karen-chaton/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/1999/05/washoe-valley-100-1-1999-karen-chaton/#comments Wed, 12 May 1999 05:14:04 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=1571 Karen and Rocky at the Washoe Valley 100

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 I got over that, funny how all those aches and

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