Re: EMT's ambulances on rides

["Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>]

Have to jump in here---you are sooo absolutely WRONG if what you are saying
is that going off a cliff means you did something stupid..ie..going to fast
or not paying attention to the trail ahead---soooo wrong...! We used to pull
long strings of horses and mules over and through some of the steepest and
most rugged country that you can imagine in the Beartooth Wilderness of
Montana---At times we'd have 30 head loaded and going up those
trails...these were all experienced mountain mules and horses...many of the
trails were narrow...just wide enough to accomodate the width of the
animals...we were always moving slowly and the animals were carefully
picking there way--yet there were occasions when one of the animals
tripped--or a little piece of the trail gave way...or whatever...and one ,
or several would fall off the trail...in all those years we only lost one
horse(had to shoot him because he broke a leg in the fall)  but we were just
lucky...a trip, a misstep, a lose rock..whatever..it doesn't take much. You
are so wrong to blame this horses fall on rider error...I'm thinking that I
must have misunderstood your post---it's so far off target.
----- Original Message -----
From: robert and carla lawson <robandcarla@hotmail.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 12:39 AM
Subject: RC: EMT's ambulances on rides


> Shhh you guys or OSHA is going to make us have an ambulance or EMT follow
> each rider then what the heck are we gonna have to do?? Furnish our own
> emergency crew??
> Isn't it part of the Ambiance that you are going to face impending doom?
or
> were you JUST not listening to where all the bad spots were????
> gee maybe we should start putting up them metal gaurd rails to keep us
from
> going over the edge?
> there are freak accidents and then there is stupidity.
> if you go off a cliff it is quite obvious 1) you were going to fast didn't
> you see the sign it said 35 mph it wasn't a suggestion! or 2)you were not
> watching the scenery in front of your horses ears.
> You don't race a ferrari around a sharp curve unless you know that sharp
> curve! it can get expensive!
> Are people so ignorant that they literally wreck their horses?....wait
don't
> answer that..people wreck their cars from poor judgement. For instance..My
> brother just recently wrecked his new 2000 Dodge diesel, why? because he
was
> following to close.
> I just can't comprehend wrecking my horse off a cliff..this just puzzles
me.
> Some sympathy here but not much maybe I am to harsh. I still wonder about
> some of the governors handing out drivers license to kids age 16! heck
even
> to some people that can't drive...maybe I need to go live in Russia more
> rules to live by there....hmmmm
> or the Audobon in Germany..wait they have speed limits now huh? Oh well I
> will stick to Russellville Kentucky at least the bad drivers are getting
to
> be predictable!
> carla (handing feed bucket back over to stand on..hey Lif ever get the
soap
> box repaired?)
> ansata (mom...clean the dirt out of it!!!)
> Haley (your feed bucket looks a little warped there.)
> rob (no drivers can compare to Greeneville Tennessee drivers they are the
> worst!)
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