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Re: [RC] - David Heaslett

LAS makes a very good looking and effective helmet. Looks like a bike
helmet.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Heidi Vanderbilt" <luckypupranch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 5:45 PM
Subject: [RC]



I decided a few years ago to ride in a bike helmet. My reasoning was
that if you fall off a bike, you're probably going a lot faster than
if you fall off a horse. Therefor, I thought, the bike helmet would
be great. Also, it looked terrific and was a lot cooler than my
riding helmet.

My horse spooked, I fell off onto a pile of rocks, on my head, and
was OUT.  I hit the side of my head--at the lowest point of the
helmet- hard enough to remember it, even though I don't remember
anything else about the fall or for some time before it. The friends
I was with said i was unconscious for several minutes. I don't
remember. I finished the ride, but everything I experienced after the
fall was doubled--whatever happened from then on, I thought had
already happened!  The doc said it was a concussion, and the effects
lasted several weeks.

I've spent my life falling off horses, often hit my head--and it's
been kicked and even stepped on once. This was the only concussion
i've ever had. The  beautiful helmet was trashed. I didn't get
another, just went back to my old one, hotter, heavier and more
protective.

Heidi V

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[RC], Heidi Vanderbilt