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  This was just a list I found indispensible.I have "princess and the pea 
"syndrome. Sitting on anything feels like I am sitting on concrete, hence I 
have to have  no seam undies, a fleece seatsaver. Same with l halfchaps, I  
have bruised  easily my entire life.
   First aid fanny pack, cause I ride alone and just finished a bee sting 
series of shots, so I have to carry an epipen, and like having some 
bandaging material with me.(especially, when I got a crush injury on my hand 
and ripped a 1.5 inch gash in my hand, when alone......
   As for water, this is the SE and we need lots of water--- as for 
secure--I have had too many floping, rein gets stuck under, carriers......
  You are right,these are  suggestions. for me these are 
indispensible........


> From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>
> CC: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [RC]   [RC] What do I need?
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 08:00:26 -0600 (MDT)
>
> > Helmet and Easy Ride stirrups. Secure water carrying system. First aid
> > pack.(skip the splint boots unless your horse interferes, then keep
> > checking  them to make sur eyou don't get sand, dirt under them--bad
> > rubs). (Tights to  ride in,undies with no seams in delicate area). Maybe
> > halfchaps--
>
> Huh.  I rode for years in regular irons with no problem.  Just switched to
> EZRide stirrups as a consideration to creeping middle age and various
> other physical complaints.  I have yet to carry a first aid pack with me.
> A "secure water carrying system" can be something homemade that will allow
> you to tie a cheap grocery-store water bottle to the saddle--the wonderful
> commercial adaptations are nice, but not a "must" to start out.  I also
> rode for years in regular undies (until I got <ahem> "gravitationally
> enhanced" which aggravated the rub factor), and do admit that I love my
> high-tech riding undies--but again, we're talking the basic necessities
> for getting started here....  Also rode for years with knees wrapped in
> Elastoplast or Vetrap, over regular jeans, to keep the seams from chafing.
>  Then moved "up" to leotards, shorts, and knee socks, before all the good
> endurance tights became available.
>
> You really don't know WHAT you need for your own self until you go ride
> and find out where your own personal "weak points" are.  I sure wouldn't
> go buy anything besides the basics until I've found the sore spots--and
> then I'd recommend going out to see how riders have specifically dealt
> with those things, and try to figure out which solution would work for me.
>
> What I'm trying to convey here is that a newbie needs to go ride first,
> and then start cataloging what happens--and trying to seek solutions to
> those issues.  Every horse and every rider has their own personal set of
> issues, and will have to find their own personal set of solutions.  I
> think it is a big mistake to look at pictures of endurance riders and go
> try to deck yourself and your horse out to look like the pictures.  What
> works great for one rider may actually cause a problem for another, so you
> have to define your needs by riding before you go shopping for the
> "extras"....
>
> Heidi

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This weekend, many of you are at rides...25's, 50's or 100's.  You are the
lucky ones.  I know you did whatever you had to do to get to 'em.  I know
that each of you go to 'em with different so-called "goals" in mind...but I
also know that each of you cares for your horse and realize that "carrying
you" is the least of what he/she does for you.	LIFTING YOU is the true
effect. 
~  Ryder

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