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Great story.  Death Valley must have some sort of curse, because the worst 
case of rubbing I ever had occurred on that ride.  The culprit was the 
saddle, the horse I was riding and the dry, cold air.  Rough horse, saddle 
with a too-narrow twist.  I won't describe the injury, but White's A & D 
ointment got me through all 5 days.  If I ever have the misfortune to repeat 
a similar injury, I'll have to try Trail-Rite Magic Ointment.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Liz Masters" <ridecamplist@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 9:23 AM
Subject: [RC] For Ladies Only


> OK - here is my story about rubbing
>
> Death Valley 2005 - I was riding the 2nd day which included hiking down 
> this LONG mountain.  My underwear had been rubbing all day.  What I 
> thought was just the regular seam doing some rubbing was actually a small 
> piece of the elastic had  worn through and started rubbing, like a thin 
> piece of fishing line.  About a mile from the vet check I looked at my 
> husband and told him that these things just HAD to come off, they were 
> killing me.  Oh to hell with a knife I just tore and ripped them off and 
> put them in my jacket pocket.  Of course while I'm standing in line for 
> the vet I accidentally pulled them out, oops....  Well I get back on my 
> horse and that little rubbing had actually been a pretty nasty deep cut. 
> My husband takes off trotting and I'm just about to die behind him.
>
> Well, long storty short - we finished and I crawl into the camper and 
> tried to figure out what to put on this delicate area.  Because I was 
> riding the next day no matter what.  Ummm, desitin, Neosporin with pain 
> killer......So my husband says - "Hey what about Tammy Robinson's 
> ointment?"   So I put some on with the thought that if my crotch gets a 
> rash or something just exactly HOW am I going to explain this to a doctor 
> in the ER?  I mean if this goes bad they could probably film an entire 
> episode of the show ER just based on my crotch....."Well, doc it's like 
> this - I put this stuff on that we use on horses for scratches.  Doc says 
> "what are scratches?"  Oh - they are this this crusty, scabby, painful 
> thing........Oh never mind - can you fix this so I can ride?"
>
> I have to admit - Tammy's stuff did the trick.  Killed the pain, helped 
> heal it up really quick and I finished the last 2 days of Death Valley. 
> Trail-Rite Magic Ointment - it's not just for scatches anymore :-)
>
> Liz Masters  (who wears different underwear without elastic in that area)
> PS Region



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