Called Team Oregon and asked the receptionist if the 12,000 mile experience requirement for the Advanced Rider Training course was firm or if exceptions could be made. I explained that I was taking the Rider Skills Practice course in September and that by the time the next ART was held I would have about 5,000 miles of experience. She checked with the head instructor and said that I could take the ART if I successfully passed the RSP.

I forgot to mention to her that I had two crashes to my credit in the one year I have been riding. :oops: I figure that if the RSP course goes well I will be able to handle the ART course.