Well, Dave Bennett told me that Sherman's gap is just like the bad
section at Pigeon, just a WHOLE LOT LONGER of the bad stuff, so I feel
like I can picture it at least. Yep, I get off and walk that and it's a
chance to stretch out my muscles too.
But on the subject of "booking downhills" a few years back I was doing
Big South Fork and when we hit the long steep gravel road down into the
gorge I got off and jogged down it with Kaboot. I am no runner and that
was a pretty big deal for me to do it but I was able to simply because it
was downhill. HOWEVER, I used muscles that I wasn't used to using and
when I got back on my horse those muscles were *tired* and it affected my
riding. I felt like I rode worse the rest of the day and after that knew
better than to do something I've not prepared my own body to do. I think
my riding hurt my horse more than getting off helped him in that
incident.
Angie
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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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-- "It is necessary to be noble, and yet take humility as a basis
"It
is necessary to be noble, and yet
take humility as a basis.
It is necessary
to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation."
