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Bob Morris, are you listening?  Flashback time...

Remember how fast we went back down that mountain, in the rain?  At 
least we beat the hail, if not the sheep.

Lynne
who stayed with Bob on a dare
we fell on the front side, on the hill below that cabin.  I do remember 
it was 9400 feet there!


On Jun 16, 2004, at 3:13 PM, Mcgann, Barbara wrote:

> Some ten years ago, I was at a ride put on in Sun Valley, Idaho (very 
> steep terrain, skiers heaven).  The ride manager told us that when we 
> got to the very top of the mountain that we would ride by an old cabin 
> and then plunge off the backside of the mountain.  She warned us that 
> we absolutely should dismount and walk and lead our horses down the 
> mountain.
>
> Now I very seldom walk (or run) on rides (that why we call them 
> "rides"), but when I got to the top, the RM warning was ringing in my 
> ears, so I got off and started down.  Before I got 100 yards, I had 
> fallen hard twice.  My horse was very patient and would just stop, 
> looking down at me like what in the world do you think you're doing?  
> At that point, I gave up and mounted him on the off-side (uphill side) 
> and proceeded to ride to the bottom, just like I should have done in 
> the first place.  It WAS steep, and rocky and slippery, but thats 
> exactly why you needed to stay ON the horse!!
>
> Barb McGann

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