Re: EMT's ambulances on rides

["robert and carla lawson" <robandcarla@hotmail.com>]

thiink that would qualify under freak accident. however in our sport many 
times we go at a little faster pace than the nomal pack mule or horse. I 
still stand where I have planted my feet, these mistakes are usually HUMAN 
error!
>From: "Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>
>To: "robert and carla lawson" <robandcarla@hotmail.com>,        
><ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: Re: EMT's ambulances on rides
>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 05:21:35 -0600
>
>Have to jump in here---you are sooo absolutely WRONG if what you are saying
>is that going off a cliff means you did something stupid..ie..going to fast
>or not paying attention to the trail ahead---soooo wrong...! We used to 
>pull
>long strings of horses and mules over and through some of the steepest and
>most rugged country that you can imagine in the Beartooth Wilderness of
>Montana---At times we'd have 30 head loaded and going up those
>trails...these were all experienced mountain mules and horses...many of the
>trails were narrow...just wide enough to accomodate the width of the
>animals...we were always moving slowly and the animals were carefully
>picking there way--yet there were occasions when one of the animals
>tripped--or a little piece of the trail gave way...or whatever...and one ,
>or several would fall off the trail...in all those years we only lost one
>horse(had to shoot him because he broke a leg in the fall)  but we were 
>just
>lucky...a trip, a misstep, a lose rock..whatever..it doesn't take much. You
>are so wrong to blame this horses fall on rider error...I'm thinking that I
>must have misunderstood your post---it's so far off target.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: robert and carla lawson <robandcarla@hotmail.com>
>To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 12:39 AM
>Subject: RC: EMT's ambulances on rides
>
>
> > Shhh you guys or OSHA is going to make us have an ambulance or EMT 
>follow
> > each rider then what the heck are we gonna have to do?? Furnish our own
> > emergency crew??
> > Isn't it part of the Ambiance that you are going to face impending doom?
>or
> > were you JUST not listening to where all the bad spots were????
> > gee maybe we should start putting up them metal gaurd rails to keep us
>from
> > going over the edge?
> > there are freak accidents and then there is stupidity.
> > if you go off a cliff it is quite obvious 1) you were going to fast 
>didn't
> > you see the sign it said 35 mph it wasn't a suggestion! or 2)you were 
>not
> > watching the scenery in front of your horses ears.
> > You don't race a ferrari around a sharp curve unless you know that sharp
> > curve! it can get expensive!
> > Are people so ignorant that they literally wreck their horses?....wait
>don't
> > answer that..people wreck their cars from poor judgement. For 
>instance..My
> > brother just recently wrecked his new 2000 Dodge diesel, why? because he
>was
> > following to close.
> > I just can't comprehend wrecking my horse off a cliff..this just puzzles
>me.
> > Some sympathy here but not much maybe I am to harsh. I still wonder 
>about
> > some of the governors handing out drivers license to kids age 16! heck
>even
> > to some people that can't drive...maybe I need to go live in Russia more
> > rules to live by there....hmmmm
> > or the Audobon in Germany..wait they have speed limits now huh? Oh well 
>I
> > will stick to Russellville Kentucky at least the bad drivers are getting
>to
> > be predictable!
> > carla (handing feed bucket back over to stand on..hey Lif ever get the
>soap
> > box repaired?)
> > ansata (mom...clean the dirt out of it!!!)
> > Haley (your feed bucket looks a little warped there.)
> > rob (no drivers can compare to Greeneville Tennessee drivers they are 
>the
> > worst!)
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