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Re: [RC] why didn't you - Melinda FaubelLOL - that's an excellent idea (the stopping). Made me grin just thinking about it....In this case there was NO room to move over and let anyone pass, all of us were in the same boat.....just a long line of stop and go up a hill....I thought I had started late enough to avoid the pack, but evidently didn't.... Live and learn Melinda ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] Why didn't you? Melinda Faubel said: If you rear-ended me, then you were following too close/were not in control etc. I've only had this issue once. 2nd day of Wild west, single track near the beginning, up a hill. A long string of riders and we were stop starting. I was leaving plenty of room between me and the next horse. The rider behind me continually was in my space. I warned her several times. The 5th time ... Just out of curiousity... Why didn't you just let her pass you? Then the problem would have gone away. Sometimes there isn't room to let people who are persistently crowding you from behind to pass you, and the trail won't allow it, but I have found that taking the first opportunity to do so is usually the most prudent thing to do. If an opportunity to let a rider pass simply does not exist and is not expected for quite some time, an alternate way to deal with the problem of the rider behind not heeding your request to back away is to simply stop until they do....and you can even blame it on your horse by saying, "I am so sorry, my horse just won't go when she is being crowded like that." (as you surrepticiously back your horse into the offender while pretending to ask her to move forward:)). kat Orange County, Calif. :) Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! ------------------------------------------------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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