2003 Wus Tevis Journal
By Adda Quinn
Being ladies
“of a certain age”, most of us had already concluded that we would never be
able to ride in the Tevis Cup race (1 horse, 1 rider, 1 day, 100 miles). [1]
But being avid trail riders, we were keenly interested in riding the route that
the July 12, 2003 Tevis Cup race was run on the Western States Trail. But we were also wusses, and not about to do
it in one day! So early in the year we
began feeling out our friends as to whom might be interested in doing a “Wus
Tevis” ride, as we began to call it affectionately. Some people said immediately: Nope! too hard, too long, too many
logistics. Others said an enthusiastic
yes, but life interfered with medical problems (horse colic, etc.). There were a variety of impediments right up
to the first ride day. Kate, at Squaw
Valley Stables where some of us were going to stay the night prior to the ride,
called the day before to say they had strangles there, and not to come. So, the stalwart final six that met at Robie
Horse Camp west of the Sawtooth Mountain behind the town of Truckee on Monday
July 14 were the Wus Tevis Riders of 2003.
