Reports from the Trail
2018
FROM: SPOT tracker
SENT: June 23rd, 2018 | 4:12am PDT
STATUS: At 4:10 am PDT, the Pony was reported approximately 2.3 miles east of Grubbs Well, roughly 2.5 hours behind schedule.
Sand Springs to Cold Springs
FROM: Jill Andrews
PDT
Starting at 7:30 in the morning, received the mail 8 minutes early and began the first of three legs to ride on the Sand Springs to Cold Springs Team! What a run it was! Our first leg was 3.5 miles uphill to the top of the pass and handing off to Alina Raabe. Then on to Middlegate Station for another easy 2 mile section. Finally, we took a third leg when another member had some trouble with a horse going down in a trailer. We hear he was shook, but ok on, Continue Reading
FROM: HAM operator KE7NCJ
SENT: June 23rd, 2018 | 1:03am PDT
STATUS: At 10:25 pm PDT, the Pony was reported as through Rye Patch Wash.
FROM: Nevada Division
SENT: June 22nd, 2018 | 8:37pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony is almost to Grass Valley, NV as of 8:30. PST
FROM: David Kittle
SENT: June 22nd, 2018 | 7:52pm PDT
STATUS: At 6:57 pm PST the Pony was at the Austin Airport.
FROM: Message from Ham Station KA7AJQ & KA7UIS
SENT: June 22nd, 2018 | 3:32pm PDT
STATUS: Location time: 13:15 PST
Pony reported to be 22.8 miles East of Section 6 Start at Smith Creek Ranch.
FROM: Message from Ham Station KA7AJQ & KA7UIS
SENT: June 22nd, 2018 | 2:55pm PDT
STATUS: Location time:2:30 PM PST
Pony reported to be 19.1 miles East of Section 6 Start at Basque Summit.
2018 XP Rookie Tale
FROM: Sam DiMuzio
PDT
A Rookie’s Adventure June 21, 2018 This was everything I hoped for and so much more!! Ever since my friend Sally Taylor posted her experience last year on Facebook, I was like “how do I do this!?!” It took me till March to join the Nevada Division and 3 months later here I am, riding 3 legs of Nevada’s 33.4 mile Section 1: Woodfords, CA to Carson City, NV. Apache, my 11 year-old Southern Nevada mustang, and I carried the mochila for a 2 mile stretch just 4 miles out, Continue Reading
FROM: SPOT tracker
SENT: June 22nd, 2018 | 1:16pm PDT
STATUS: At 11:24 am PST, the Pony was reported at Cold Springs, approximately 1 hour ahead of schedule.
FROM: Message from Ham Station KA7AJQ & KA7UIS
SENT: June 22nd, 2018 | 9:59am PDT
STATUS: Location time: 9:43 PST
Pony reported to be 19.5 miles East of Section 5 at Middlegate Pony about 24 minutes ahead of expected schedule