Pied Piper Endurance Ride - Lebrina - 18 June 2022
NTARC did their stuff at Lebrina, in somewhat difficult circumstances. The ride was organised, unusually, by the State body, the Tasmanian Equine Endurance Riders Association (TEERA), rather than the normal local ROC (Ride Organising Committee). This was to fill a gap in the ride calendar. The people involved did a great job in the circumstances, but we faced a few challenges with early access and with checkpoint placement and order. A very wet forest didn’t help with signal strength either! On the day, challenges were overcome by both technical and manual intervention. Good on Stuart for getting the data where it belonged via the keyboard.
The crew was made up of:
At Base - Andre’ VK7ZAB, Stuart VK7FEAT
Checkpoint 1 & 3 - Stefan VK7ZSB, Lewis VK7IT
Checkpoint 2 - Peter VK7KPC, Roger VK7ARN
Checkpoint 4 - Idris VK7ZIR, Rosco VK7RC
Checkpoint numbering is as it turned out to be on the day, when riders appeared at what was Checkpoint 4 before Checkpoint 3. Riders’ ears may have burned as they were discussed regarding missing a checkpoint, before it became clear the track was not as we’d understood it to be!
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