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RE: [RC] trail closures/trail ettiquete (sp? sorry) - Katrina MosshammerThis reminds me of a time when we were working trail getting ready for the Winding Stair ride in SE Okla. We were working up the side of the mountain headed up to the drive when we caught up with some boy scouts. We passed a couple of boys and a leader then a little further a few more and so on until we get almost to the top. Where the other two leaders were with the last of the boys. We made said hi and talked a little bit and they asked us how far back the rest were. We told them we passed the first group almost down at the bottom. They said they had been waiting quite a while and they could reach the other leader on his walkie. (Just small ones, nothing fancy.) Then he tells us that one of the boys has asthma and might be slowing them down a bit. Well while we were standing there talking to them one of the boys that were up at the top had gone back down the trail until he could reach them on the walkie. He comes back and sure enough it was the kid with the asthma having a problem and he forgot his inhaler in camp. So we offer to take the a horse back down and bring him up to the top where the highway was so a vehicle could pick them up. I got off and mom led my horse down and I stayed there with the rest of the boys and had kept mom's Golden Retriever/Lab with me. ( The boys just loved him!) Well finally they come riding up the trail and despite the asthma attack he had a huge smile on his face because he got to ride. He was better and the attack had subsided. Once we got everyone to the top we called the ranger and they were on their way. While we were waiting with them we find out he didn't leave the inhaler in camp, he left it at HOME! (These boys were in the 13-15 age range. Old enough to know to take his inhaler!) But it all ended well; they caught a ride back to camp and we did our good deed for the day. We joked about that forever; that we were more prepared than the boy scouts! :-) Katrina -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kathie Ford Sent: May 01, 2007 1:38 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] trail closures/trail ettiquete (sp? sorry) <<<We can be polite, take time to chat with folks, especially children, more so if the parents are attentive to their childrens safety around us and visa versa, offering water if someone looks like they need it, assistance on the trail, or generally thoughtful and polite attitude while riding out there. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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