RE: [RC] Rude riders are not the majority (Long Story) - David LeBlanc
I have
a warning about this - people will say they're OK when they are not. Two
examples - a guy passes us at the start of a ride, horse spooks, he comes of
into the up side of an embankment, doesn't look so good. Horse takes off up the
road. We asked him if he was OK, he insisted twice he was OK, so we went on, and
ended up catching the horse a couple of miles later. Some other kind person
ponied the horse back to camp. The rider ended up getting life flighted out and
spent a few days in the hospital.
Second
example - my horse does not do well with the ocean, spooked, stopped and faced
it, tried to back away from the monster, and flipped over backwards when he
tripped. I went left, he went right. I landed on my hip, then my head - hard
enough to crush the helmet by about 1/2" at a spot around the base of my skull.
The fall knocked me out for a short period of time, and I got up asking "What
happened?" I tried to insist I was well enough to finish the ride, but since I
was asking "What happened?" every 2 minutes, no one was buying, and off I went
to the hospital. I started remembering things again about 3 hours later. I am
convinced that I would be dead or hurt bad enough that I wouldn't be typing now
without that helmet. I still don't remember anything between the time I was
airborn and "waking up" in the hospital. If someone had let me get back on, and
I'd fallen off again, a second blow could have killed
me.
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
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AM To: loribertolucci@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; donhuston@xxxxxxx;
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] Rude riders are not the
majority (Long Story)
In a message dated 11/30/2006 8:15:23 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
loribertolucci@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
So now, if I see anyone that needs help at all, I try to make sure I
stop and ask if I can help. If they need help I stay, if not, then I will go
on, but making sure they appear fine first.
This is prime, Lori, because not everyone NEEDS or WANTS assistance,
depending on what is going on. Since there is no Greyhound bus from wherever a
horse might decide to part company out there, unless I am hurt or it is
getting dark out there - I don't want to be dinner for some cougar), I don't
feel right having someone babysit me. I DO appreciate them getting the word
out that my horse decided to split. So far none has had the courage to do that
to me - I guess they know which side their grain is buttered
on. S
