Here's my list and I don't carry all of it all of the time, depends on the
ride, the weather or my mood:
1. In competition, four water bottles (one with gatorade, one to squirt on
Fleet's neck for a cooling treat), two or three bottles if we're just going
out on our own for a training ride
2. Food for me (Cliff bar, power bar, "Gu" and dreams of big juicy
hamburgers at the end of the ride)
3. Hoof pick
4. Easyboot
5. Leadrope
6. Scoop or sponge
7. Ride card!!
8. Chapstick
9. Sunblock
10. Carrots
11. Aspirin
12. Vetwrap
13. $$
14. Mylar sheet that comes in a tiny little packet for 98 cents
15. Cell phone if I'm alone
16. Bright orange poncho that comes in a little packet for 99 cents
17. Gloves
18. Knife
19. Flashlight
20. Thought of carrying an extra horseshoe but haven't done it
21. Sunglasses
22. Camera
I know I've forgotten something! :-) ELECTROLYTES!!!
There was some discussion of what people carried a couple of months ago and
there were some other suggestions too. You might want to check the archives.
Good luck at CFW! Sounds like a bunch of us are planning to go and will be
looking for each other. As time gets closer, we'll figure out how we're
going to find each other.
Carol
At 03:04 PM 5/9/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Carol--
>I'll be doing CFW for our first ride. Other than scoops and sponges, can you
>advise what else I should have on my horse (other than water, of course).
I am
>getting into this slowly and am trying to stay away from the "trendy" stuff
and
>buy useful things. Any suggestions would be great!
>
>Thanks,
>Dorothy & Elly
>Taylorsville, CA
>
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