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Re: [RC] [Endurance Tracks] Cleveland woman begins six-monthjourney on horseback - Don HustonHello Lori,I was thinking that the horse would not be grazing but tied with a feed bag of some sort. Then she could take the sickle out away from the camp area and randomly cut some grass and weeds. Done with some planning it would be hard to see and would greatly reduce the amount of hay she would need to carry. We had a 6 mule pack team bringing supplies to our Forest Service Survey camp in the Montana mountains. Whenever the pack team stopped in a meadow for a rest there was obvious concentrated damage. Had the packers taken the time and energy to separate the mules the damage would have been much less obvious and regrow much faster but of course they never did it. The "no grazing" rule was probably instituted because of that type of concentrated pack team damage. I would think that a single horse carefully managed could go unnoticed thru the "no grazing" zone packing just enough hay to pass inspection. The rider would be able to say "my horse is not grazing, see I'm packing his hay" and it would be true. ;-) Don Huston At 06:30 AM 6/13/2009 Saturday, you wrote: Don, the packer they talked to prior to Janice leaving from Tehachapi, said absolutely no grazing. If she would to be caught doing so, she would be fined and made to leave. The packers can't even graze their animals.
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