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Steve Rojek is the only other person I know who rides in full height
boots...and Mary Koefod used to. Your group is small...but elite!

Angie

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:03:00 -0800 "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Beverly Kane said:
>
> > The point of riding shoes, esp in an endurance
> > ride, is that they, often unintentionally--like when
> > your horse is lame or takes off or on steep
> > hills--become walking and running shoes.
> While it is true that riding shoes may also become walking/running
> shoes, I consider it far more important (especially in an endurance 
> ride
> where you are, by definition, going to be doing LOTS of riding), to
> select them for their functionality as footwear for riding.
>
> Yes, for a Ride & Tie, I chose running shoes over riding boots as I
> tested the trade offs between them and found that running long 
> distances
> in riding boots was worse than riding long distances in running 
> shoes.
> But this is for ride & tie where you are going to be doing long
> distances of both.
>
> If you are going to be doing long distances of riding and maybe some
> short distances of running (or as likely walking) and possibly only 
> in
> emergencies, you would be far better served in finding some kind of
> footwear that makes the riding the easiest.
>
> Unless you expect to be off the horse walking/running for 
> substantial
> amounts of time, you are unlikely to be doing yourself any favors by
> selecting footwear for walking/running.  Select your footwear for
> riding...you are going to be doign a lot of it.
>
> I, personlly, think that custom tall boots would be the best
> choice....however, they are out of my price range and I have found a
> manufacturer that makes stock ones that fit me closely enough, so I 
> make
> do.
>
> Crockett Dumas (at least the last time I talked to him) rode in 
> custom
> made boots that lace up the front (instead of zip in the back).  
> This
> would probably come under my heading of the BEST choice.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
> :)
>
>
>
>
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