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But her post about his tactic doesn't say anything about going FAST  
through the rocks, just being agile--if a horse is supple, they can  
weave instead of picking their way through the large rocks  
especially, which is faster.  Just like being able to weave through  
stands of trees, don't you think?

Lynne
and Q who misses his suppling training/joyrides through Norco's  
arundo donax


On Dec 23, 2005, at 9:44 AM, Dream Weaver wrote:

> > Another old-timer had it figured out a bit better than Bill did.   
> > Cliff
> > Lewis once wrote an article called "The Fat Man's Secret  
> > Weapons."  He
> > listed rocks, downhill, and darkness.  By teaching a horse to be  
> > agile
> > through the rocks and to go downhill in a balanced manner, and by  
> > being
> > bold in the dark, he could make time in areas where his weight had  
> > the
> > least impact on the horse.
>
> ...and one only needs to ride one of Cliff's rides to know how much  
> he adores those rocks! ;)
>
> That might work well on one day rides or hundreds, but if you are  
> riding like that on multidays the odds greatly increase that you'll  
> not make all 5 days or will take home a sore horse.  Especially if  
> you run (anything faster than a walk) the horse downhill thru the  
> rocks and then walk on the flat or good footing sections.  I see  
> that a lot and don't think people realize they are doing it.
>
> Karen
> in NV
>
> P.S.  and actually Cliff's last 3 day ride had quite a bit of  
> excellent footing, it was nice!

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