ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] Riding shoes & Stirrups

Re: [endurance] Riding shoes & Stirrups

Truman Prevatt (prevatt@mail.lds.loral.com)
Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:00:06 -0400

The problem we have in the Southeast with any shoe is water. Our shoes
always seems to be wet. And with the humidity they can take for ever to
dry. This distroys (rots threads, breaks down glue, etc) a $150.00 pair of
boots as fast as a $50.00 pair you get at an outlet let shoe place.

I seem to go through (and I mean trash) a pair a season. What I do is get
the most comfortable pair of light weight hiking boots I can find at a
discount place and use them. I sometimes buy them when I find them
independent to my need. Then when I blow out a boot, I have a good pair in
the trailer ready to go. I can also change into dry boots at a vet check
if my boots get soaked (regular occurance).

My stirrups are about 3 to 4 inches wide, nylon with a neopream pad. They
seem to work well. The nice thing about the combination of boots and
stirrup is there is no way no how these boots will got through the stirrup
so I don't have to be concerned about getting a foot caught.

Truman

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The race is not always to the swift, but to those that keep running.

Truman and Mystic "The Horse from HELL" Storm
and Danson "The Demon in Training" Flame

prevatt@lds.loral.com - Sarasota, Florida
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