I still cannot figure out how riders in baseball caps have so much better eyesight! In the past two years, I have trashed two helmets from being hit by large tree limbs overhead while riding unfamiliar trails in the springtime. I ducked for leafy branches coming at me, but wasn't able to see the bigger branch hiding behind them when I sat up! Both times, I was knocked backward and saw stars, luckily, stayed on the horse because my helmet kept me from being knocked out cold. How do all the bare-headed riders miss these tree limbs?
Terry
"May the Horse be with you!
From: Vchorsegal@xxxxxxx Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:34:08 -0400 Subject: [RC] Head Trauma & helmets To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
You only need to see someone hit their head once while coming off a horse to never want to ride without a helmet ! I saw a lady with a helmet go over on her kid's horse. The helmet saved her life, period.
- Heidi Helly, who really would prefer good hair to helmet hair, but prefers life to vegetation !
