Re: [RC] Learning from riding accidents - Barbara McCrary
Another way to do "less crazy" is on
a multi-day ride. Most of the riders are trying to ride the same horse all
3-5 days, and unless one does this sensibly, one is not likely to finish all
days on the same horse. Multi-day rides are really great, and I think most
of the riders are very sensible.
By far the most accidents I've been witnessed to have been in LD, usually
near the beginning of the ride. I don't know exactly what it is except
it seems like there are more inexperienced riders and/or inexperienced horses
involved. I LOVE LD. Don't get me wrong, I've done allot of it,
but there are some crazy people out there. Just the start of an LD ride
sometimes scares the crap out of me. I've done much more LD than
Endurance because of either an aging horse or starting one out and unless
there are only 2 people in the LD, the starts get a little crazy.
It's one of the reasons I like 50's better. More
mellow. "Easy boys, it's a long way to Damascus!" (Viggo Mortensen
in Hidalgo) comes to mind. I can't wait to do a 100. I bet it's
really "CHILLIN" at the start. Maybe it's me but it seems like if you
want a less crazy ride, go farther.
