Panamint Valley. Happy New Year
December 31, 2008
by Karen Chaton
I had made three days so far and was so determined to make it to at least start the 4th day that a herd of wild horses couldn’t have stopped me. I was looking forward to riding Bo so much on the 4th day that [...]
My Death Valley Encounter, Day 3 Panamint Valley. BoGo.
by Karen Chaton
The ride numbers this year were way down from the previous year. By more than 1/3. That makes it easier for the riders out on the trail but isn’t a real good thing for ride management. This ride especially takes a [...]
Death Valley Encounter
Day 2, P2P Day & 22,000 miles!
by Karen Chaton
The second day would be the biggest test of the ride for me. The last multiday I had attended in October I had to rest for two days before being able to do a second day, out of the 5 day ride. This [...]
My 2008 Death Valley Encounter
by Karen Chaton
Day 1
I have had so many terrific rides at DVE over the years and this year was certainly no exception. I was actually already well on my way to becoming ill at the DVE the year before and even though I’m not yet 100% I think that [...]
Click on the daily links below to view photos from each day of the ride.
Day 1, 55 miles – Photos taken by Karen riding Granite Chief
Day 2, 50 miles – Photos taken by Karen riding Granite Chief (I reached 22,000 miles this day!)
Day 3, 50 miles – Photos taken by Karen riding Pro Bono
Day 4, [...]
Click here for photo album!
HIGH DESERT ENDURANCE RIDE 2008, by Karen Chaton
High Desert is a two day ride with a 50 each day and a limited distance ride each day. It is located in Northern Nevada at Fort Churchill (aka Bucklands). I did the 50 on Chief on Sunday, day 2 of the ride. [...]
While the first day went fairly well, I think that it was the second day that I rode (which was day 4 of the ride) things really came together for me and Chief. The night before the wind blew hard – so hard that the porta-potties in camp both blew over, and everybody reported not [...]
Unofficial but here is a bit of info on how the ride is going so far:
Day 1 – 45/44 starters/completions. First place was a tie between Sharon and Crockett Dumas. Sharon’s horse OT Moniet Oleta RSI received BC. I got a photo of Crockett (below) after finishing yesterday.
Day 2 – 35/33 starters/completions. First place was [...]
I got to ride 50 miles yesterday. It was mine and Chief’s first endurance ride in five months. Boy am I sore today, but since I knew I was taking the day off I slept in and am now slowly moving about. Some of the first riders are in – Stephanie was first with Sharon [...]
Click here to view the .pdf of both days’ results, or visit the Sunrise Ranch Rides website.
There were 21 riders the first day with 18 completions on the first day. Jolynn Maynard finished first and received BC riding Kerryman with a 4:59 ride time on day one. On the second day there were 9 riders [...]
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