Re: RC: RE: Has anybody seen this?

[C Eyler <eyler@mindspring.com>]

At 02:38 PM 7/7/99 -0700, Lucy Chaplin Trumbull wrote:
>> I have a backpack model with padded straps and a waist strap, too, which
>> keeps it from bouncing too much.
>
>Yup. Same here. The Mule, I believe it is called. And the zipper
>pocket has enough room for wallet, truck keys and cell phone.
>Never leave home without them. 
>
>(although I try not to think about what will happen if I fall 
>off with those items strapped to my back. I like to hope that 
>the 45 oz of water will cushion my fall. 
>
>But I'd rather do that than watch pony + water + wallet + truck 
>keys + cell phone gallop down the trail without me).

I put my water bladder in a contoured backpack.  The rest of the space in
the main compartment is filled with useful, but cushiony, stuff like my
Aussie poncho.  I can reduce the bouncing with chest and waist straps, and
it has mesh pouches on the sides which can be adjusted with snug straps.
Those side pouches are where I keep 'hard' stuff that needs to be on me and
not the horse.  I know I could still get hurt if I fall on my side, but at
least it's not near my spine.

Cindy Eyler
Baltimore


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