Re: LD miles, NOT FLUFF, and Endurance Thrills

["Joe Long" <jlong@mti.net>]

On Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:42:51 -0800, "Duncan Fletcher"
<dfletche@gte.net> wrote:

>I am willing to trust the horse to see the footing, but he is not going to
>look out for my head or face. I need to have enough light to pick up
>overhanging branches. Now for some of you desert riders that is not an
>issue, but since Heidi is from Oregon, I assume she faces that problem.
>Heidi, what do you use on a cloudy moonless night in the woods?

I did most of my night riding in the Southeast, on woods trails.  Most
ride managers, at least on night sections of the trail, do sufficient
clearing that this is not a problem.  Just to be on the safe side,
when trotting or cantering along a dark deep-woods trail with no
light, I would hold one arm up in front of my face.  Of course, I also
wore a helmet.  In many miles of such riding I was never injured.

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