Re: Step stools

["JOHN AYERS" <ayers@plainfield.bypass.com>]

One of my more embarrassing moments was when, at age 66 1/2,
I showed up for my first riding lesson with a pretty young instructor.
She asked if I needed the mounting block.

Macho me said: I don't need THAT!".....Then found I couldn't lift my
left leg high enough to even put it the stirrup!

NOW I find it much easier on the HORSE to use the block <g>!

John and Meshack
http://www.bypass.com/~ayers (Vermont Equestrian Activities)
Secretary/Treasurer Vermont Arabian Horse Association


-----Original Message-----
From: Maggie Mieske <mmieske@netonecom.net>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 8:52 AM
Subject: RC: Step stools was Far Outtt Forest, With the Kid: Part Four


><I needed a 3-step stepstool to get on him at home>
>
>Speaking of step stools...I need some reassurances from folks that I am not
>the only one out there who uses a step stool!!  My kids ridicule me for
>doing this but in the last couple of years as I seem to have gotten shorter
>(while they continued to grow taller), I decided it wasn't worth the hassle
>of hurting my back or my horse's back.  I can get in the saddle without one
>depending on which saddle it is and where I have the stirrups (necessary
>for dismounting out on the trail), but it just seems to me to be healthier
>for both of us to do this when a stool is available.  Please don't flame me
>with my poor horsemanship skills, etc.  I USED to be able to leap into the
>saddle in one bound...(ok, maybe it was two or three bounds!).
>
>
>Maggie Mieske
>Mieske's Silver Lining
>10601 S. Richards Rd.
>McBain, Michigan 49657
>http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske
>mmieske@netonecom.net
>
>
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