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From: pnovak@ihuxa.UUCP (Paul Novak)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: almost funny trail riding story
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Date: Mon, 9-Apr-84 10:26:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  9 10:26:23 1984
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i was trail riding in michigan last summer and talked by a guy who 
organizes enduro races.  he told a story about a race he had set up
for novice enduro racers.  seems  a section of the course was
to go over a swamp which was about 50 yards across.  the water
was about 2 inches deep the whole way.  the course was to be
marked with colored flags in sticks about 3 ft tall.  when
the section across the swamp was marked, the stakes in the
middle of the swamp where pounded in much further than near
the edges, giving the impression that the water was much
deeper than it actually was.  arriving at the swamp, the
riders saw something like:

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about 1/2 the riders refused to cross the swamp and dropped
out of the race.