ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] leadropes on the trail
Re: [endurance] leadropes on the trail
Glenda Glass (sage@volcano.net)
Fri, 8 Mar 1996 00:56:57 -0500
At 10:03 AM 3/7/96 -0600, you wrote:
>I like to have a lead with me on the trail for...whatever...I'm always in a
>quandry tho on the best way to carry it. It seems like it swings alot if I
>attach it to his halter and tie around his neck, there doesn't seem to be a
>good place on the saddle, I've even tried putting it around my waist - but
>with fanny pack that gets awfully bulky :->.
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>Also do you use a particular rope for your trail lead? Or just a basic
>cotton lead? Cotton gets awfully heavy when wet....
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>Suggestions?
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>Tina Hicks, hickst@nichols.com
>Andy (dal) (those were geese *decoys*???)
>Tony (Arab) (I didn't mean to run you into that tree, at a canter, head
>first.....)
>8 fatcats (give us unlimited food & prime sleeping areas & noone gets hurt.)
>one husband
>Huntsville, AL
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>I carry a light cotton lead rope coiled and tied to one of my back saddle
strings. This year I'm going to try one of those knotted rope
halter/leadrope combinations carried in my saddle pack. If you have an
English saddle, knotted around the neck may be your only option. Try a
light snap with a climbing-type rope--that won't be be heavy.
Glenda and the demon mare Tili
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