Maybe with my new titanium spine I'll be
able to do that next time. Libby
-----Original Message----- From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Suzi
Maiorisi Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 5:49 PM To:
qhll@xxxxxxxxx; Karen Sullivan; sjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx;
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] Helmet
stories
I know this isn't funny...but there is a farm on the highway to my
sisters house that has some sort of metal 'man', not an actual statue, but
made of metal parts of some sort and they put a round bale in his upraised
arms. It's been there for years and every time I drive by (blonde thing??) I'm
sure it's a person out in that field holding a round bale and well....that's
just the mental picture that came to mind when I read your post just
now...
I was wearing my Tipperary helmet when I dropped that 1000#
round bale on my head last week. I had no head or neck injury which I
attribute to the helmet. It could only do so much however.
Libby
Thank you, that is a great link,and I
added our story to her website. I am going to help the editor of
our local newspaper with an editorial about the importance of wearing
protective grear while engaging in recreational sports. I live in
a county with a lot of horseback riders, sadly, very few wear helmets
but the group of ladies I ride with. The local group of junior
riders refuse to wear helmets, despite one of their drill team members
nearly getting killed when her horse reared on pavement and she hit
her head.....we also have a local woman, mother of two teenage children
who went off a 20 ft. ledge last weekend on an ATV, and was not wearing
a helmet...now in coma....and at a local rodeo a year ago a young man
with two small kids was bucked off, hit his head and died
immediately....just too many stories like that.
Karen
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Original Message ----- From: "Susan Jones" <sjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent:
Saturday, June 05, 2004 3:22 PM Subject: [RC] Helmet
stories
To
add my own little story: since becoming interested in Endurance,
I started wearing a helmet. At a recent clinic where everyone rides
Western, a juvenile and I were the only two wearing helmets. After
hearing the stories about helmets and falls, it didn't even bother me to
be "different".
A week after the clinic, I fell off my horse and the
back of my head hit the ground hard. Helmet did it's job. The
muscles on the sides of my neck and abdomen were very sore the next day
(something I don't understand), but never even got a
headache.
Susan
Jones
============================================================ Common
sense should also be a part of the decision making process. If you see
someone who doesn't have any, hand them your tool box. ~ Lisa Salas - The
Odd Farm
============================================================ I
still prefer what it is that BH100, Tevis, The Duck's Soup of
Endurance, etc. has to offer...but, to see a horse canter over sand for
those distances...Good Lord, it humbles me. ~ Frank
Solano
