Bill Text: CA SCR73 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Concurrent Resolution 73 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Official 100-mile endurance events.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. [SCR73 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SCR73-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Concurrent Resolution

No. 73

Introduced by Senator Dahle

February 18, 2022

Relative to the official 100-mile endurance events.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SCR 73, as introduced, Dahle. Official 100-mile endurance events.

This measure would declare the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run and the Tevis Cup 100-Mile One Day Trail Ride as the official 100-mile endurance events of the State of California.

Fiscal Committee: NO

WHEREAS, The Western States Trail extended from Salt Lake, across the Great Basin, and over the Sierra Nevada mountains to Sacramento during the westward expansion of the United States; and

WHEREAS, Starting in 1931, a group led by Wendell Towle Robie and Robert Montgomery Watson started to explore the route across the Sierra Nevada mountains from Auburn to Lake Tahoe and determined the distance was approximately 100 miles; and

WHEREAS, The modern-day Western States Tevis Cup 100-Mile One Day Trail Ride was first held in 1955, with four out of the five riders successfully completing the trek on horseback. The current ride averages between 150 and 200 horse and rider combinations, and the ride has grown to over 10,500 riders and 5,700 finishers participating since 1955; and

WHEREAS, In 1974, Dr. Gordon Ainsleigh, D.C., joined the equestrian teams on foot, completing the first foot race of the same 100-mile trail. This unique accomplishment became the founding for the epic Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, the world’s premier ultra-runner trail event; and

WHEREAS, Each year, thousands of prequalified ultra-runners from the United States and overseas vie for one of only 369 spots in the Endurance Run. This unique number of participants is set in cooperation with the United States Forest Service in consideration of the impact on the Tahoe National Forest; and

WHEREAS, The City of Auburn, California has declared itself “The Endurance Capital of the World” in view of the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run and the Tevis Cup 100-Mile One Day Trail Ride; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run and the Tevis Cup 100-Mile One Day Trail Ride as the official 100-mile endurance events of the State of California; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.