Le premier qui vit un Chameau/S’enfuit de cet objet nouveau;/Le second approcha; le troisième osa faire/Un licou pour le Dromadaire.
-Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
La Fontaine’s moral was that repeat experience teaches man to get used to anything. The trouble with riding the Darb is that such an experience comes only in multiples of forty days, and before you ride a second time, the appetite for more is sharply reduced by the ache in your trousers.