The fence in question only has 1/3 a ground line. After reading the results from the enquiry in Australia, I have to wonder if this fence can be made safer with a full, more obvious ground line. And per the rules, if it can be made safer and ask the same question, it should.
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16! Yeek!
I’m pretty sure the groundline covers the entire flagged portion of the jump-- it just is the angle that makes it look like it doesn’t. It also appears to have had brush/ flowers added for the competition-- they were almost certainly still there for the schooling.
http://grcphoto.photostockplus.com/album/3227744/view/#p935040835
That fence has been there for a VERY long time. I jumped it more than 10 years ago…and it looked the same back then. It is actually pretty straightforward (natural keyhole feel) and rides just fine.
since this was a schooling day…it could have been a fence not on the course. There are other log fences there that may not have been on the course but still jumpable for schooling.
I still have my EXO–has been ages since I’ve competed or even schooled any higher than BN, but I was jump judging at the fence that got Darren all those years ago and still have a very clear memory of his rotational. Went and found myself an EXO after that.
The phrase “log jump” in a general media news account probably doesn’t mean much as a pointer to which jump. To many who don’t know eventing, a lot of jumps may look like “log jumps” even if that isn’t how insiders describe them.
For the facility managers, it’s hard to know if it is better to pinpoint the jump or leave it vague in the public mind.
If the public decides on a particular jump, it will become an eternal memorial, unofficially or officially. I’m sure people have already brought personal memorial objects to leave and this will continue.
If the exact jump isn’t known to the public, there will still be endless speculation by everyone who visits the course, to the point of being a distraction. Memorials will be left wherever people think to themselves is the best place.
That’s just what people do after a tragedy, including strangers who are moved by it, as well as friends and family. The facility management will probably find it easier to organize something to allow this to continue with the least disruption to facility operations. They would doubtless be well advised to set up a place for memorial objects where they can be seen by others who come for the same purpose, and also displayed to the family if they want to see them.
Another thing that will happen next year on the date and time of the accident, as best people know it, is a pilgrimage to the site of the tragedy to bring memorials and to express community grief. There is no stopping it, it is what people unfailingly do, and again it will be more than just friends and family. In the end it is usually better to organize something on the anniversary for the first few years following, to allow people to experience and deal with their shock and grief.
Something like this has reached the attention and the emotions of a wide range of observers who feel it very deeply. Intentionally or not, we all become part of the aftermath.
I can’t open this link but it doesn’t sound like the right fence. It was fence 10.
I count 29 efforts. How many are Preliminary allowed?
Preliminary can have 22-30 jumping efforts. This course was for the Area 2 championships, so not surprising it was on the higher end.
