Re: RC: downhill at speed

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/9/00 7:08:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, Tivers@aol.com 
writes:

<< The images I remember from Snowy river are of a guy leaning back so his 
head 
 is bouncing off the butt of his horse and the horse plunging nose down. Or 
 did I miss the part where physics was turned upside down? >>

No, your memory is accurate.  The horse is running down the hill, definitely 
on the forehand, and while the head bouncing off the butt is a bit of an 
exaggeration, there is a bit of that impression.  The guy IS reasonably 
upright, but the terrain is steep and with the strung-out horse, his head and 
the horse's butt are not far apart.  It is a wonderful piece of 
cinematography, but not a particularly good lesson in "how to do it."

Heidi


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