When you are riding in humid conditions you don't need to dump water on
you to get your shirt wet - it's wet from sweat and it doesn't help
cool much since it just stays wet and sticky. You are stuck in a wet
shirt. When it is hot back East, I normally change into a dry shirt at
the half way point - sometimes at each check just to keep cool.
In a message dated 5/7/2004 6:43:03 PM Central Daylight Time,
heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Sponge yourself as much as you sponge your horse. Leave
every vet check
with your shirt soaked.
I was riding a ride a few years
ago and Tony Bennedetti and Jazon Wonders had a water stop for us and
Tony told me a wet shirt was really helpful. I never did believe it
but he dumped water on me and the rest of the ride I really did feel a
lot cooler. He said it really helped him on Tevis....mb
-- We imitate our masters only because we are not yet masters
ourselves,
and only
We
imitate our masters
only because we are not yet masters ourselves, and only
because
in doing so we
learn the truth about what cannot be imitated.
