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With that obstacle successfully out of the way, I felt jubilant and started concentrating on making up the time I'd lost, but it was no use. Between wet sand and very rocky trail I couldn't make up any time. It was all I could do to stay even. And something was bothering me. After a couple of miles, I realized wbat it was: We were on the wrong side of that river! Sure enough we had to cross it again. This time I was ready for it; expecting it almost. What I wasn't ready for were the next four crossings! There were six of them altogether, all just as deep and just as wide as the first. I made it through all but the Ia'st one without trouble. On the last one, right at the Hnish line, I hit a gigantic boulder that was concealed under the muddy water and toppled over. Fortunately I realized I was going and was able to pull the bike over on its left side' on top of me. This seemingly masochistic maneuver kept the air cleaner above water and, after struggling out from under, I was able to restart the engine without trouble and get across the last one. I'd lost a flock of points on the last section (45 total) which put me out of trophy range but, at that point, a finish felt pretty good. All in all, it was one damn fine enduro. The course was tough, and it was difficult to keep up but the schedule was nowhere impossible .and there wasn't a foot of the run that was unridable - if you were good enough! And of course that's what it's all about. This opinion was shared by everyone with whom I talked after the run. Several said it was the best run they'd been on in years and I was inclined to agree. The credit for the run must, however, be shared. The weather was responsible for both many problems with which the club dealt successfully, but it also made the run: Without the rain, the mud and the very wet Udry" washes the run would have been much less interesting. Score one for the weatherman and one for the club for being able to cope with him! The Forest Service also deserves quite a bit of credit for the success of the run. Ranger Jerry Elison spent a lot of' hard hours checking the course and helping to ensure a layout that was both interesting and compatible with the environment. When the rains came, it was within his ow~o simply cancel the run ('!.' Jhe Forest Service has done in the 'Mendocinol National Forest in California) . He didn't do it, though. Instead he went back out with the layout crew on his own Penton and actually checked to find out what was still ridable and what wasn't. He found that very little had to be changed. Ranger Jerry has many of the same problems that exist in other forests, including wildlife preserves, seasonally sensitive areas, and fragile soil conditions. To his enormous credit he was able to guide the club to good trails that were non-damaging. We need more like him. Technically, the club scored well. They used the flip card method of scoring where a rider's number comes up as he en ters the check if he's on time. This enabled the scorer to tally the scores as the riders turned in their cards and resulted in the trophies being awarded within an hour after the run was completed. In this respect they are far ahead of our California clubs. In spite of the fact that the rain destroyed all their lime, the course was still very well marked. That was really quite an accomplishment and meant that some of their members did a lot of work just prior' to the run. The checks and times seemed accurate to me, but I did have a dispute with two of the e1teckers concerning the time they marked on my card. At the end, their referee upheld me in one instance and the checker in the other. In both instances I was not marked with the time which was on the flip card when I arrived. I feel this was due to lack of experience, and the dispute was resolved fairly, if not quite accurately! Though the second loop was only 54 miles long, the very heavy sand running caused several people to run ou t of gas including myself and Al Covington who had zeroed the run up until he ran dry half a mile from the end. Even so, he lost only .eight points! My award for service above and beyond the call of duty goes to the dub member on Check 7 who gave me half a tank of gas so I could fmish without pushing. There were about 150 entrants, 35 of. whom were from California. This brings up my only major criticism of the run. Most of the California riders ,were "promoted" to Class A, whether they were ran ked Class uA" by the vadous sanctioning bodies or not, under an arbitrary rule of, the club which stated that anyone who had finished three enduros was Class "An. I feel that where a state sanctioning body exists (such as the AMA in California) that its classification should be respected in other states and, of course, that we should respect the classification of riders visiting our runs. Since few California riders were allowed to ride Class "B" and few Arizona riders were Class "A" (They've only had three enduros in recent history, so a rider had to enter all of them and fmish all of them to be considered· Class "A".) there were essentially two con tests, one for the A rizona riders and one for the California riders and the scores reflect this. Californians took seven out of nine trophies in th.e Class "A" events, while Arizona riders took at least seven out of 11 trophies in the Class "B" contests. 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