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  • From: Karen Nesbitt <spanishequines@yahoo.com>
  • To: IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN <ilichten1@verizon.net>
  • Cc: MSAR <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] :* HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING - What would you do if you
  • Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:39:15 -0700 (PDT)

Ok, Irv,  Mission scenario:  You are out on a mission, you have become dislodged from the Black (your horse), he goes home and you are left on foot with a mild back shoulder injury....weather, chilly, might rain, might nsnow, time of day late noon. You are somewhat dressed for the weather, but your rain gear left and all of your other provisions left with your horse.  You are somewhat ambulatory yet, but need to fnd your barings, what do you do?  Oh and your radio was smashed in the fall. 
 
Question, does the Black know how to get home if you have trailered out to a mission?
Karen


--- On Tue, 10/28/08, IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN <ilichten1@verizon.net> wrote:
From: IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN <ilichten1@verizon.net>
Subject: RE: [MSAR] :* HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING - What would you do if you
To: spanishequines@yahoo.com, "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 6:57 PM

We should expand your hypothectical to two other categories—on a mission and just having a ride.

On a mission you should have been issued a map and have your compass (the no batteries kind).  Your end of task landmarks should have been briefed and marked on your assignment map.  I always try to brief a rally point or physical boundary it is very hard to miss, like a creek or a road that I know is there.  Once you have become disoriented you pick a course to a boundary, hit the boundary, and recover your location by finding a landmark along the boundary.  I generally pleasure ride in about 1200 acres where the trails are unmarked dirt among the trees.  There are several orientation points however, once you get to know the park.

There is a creek that runs through it, and from the top of the ridge you can usually see a nearby water tower, the antennas on top of it, or the glow from the community college parking lot on top of the next ridge.  So you pick a direction and go. If you hit the creek you go upstream to a bridge.  If you hit a road you have it made. The other boundary is a paved bike path with a boundary fence along side it, again you have it made.  Last but not least, you can always tell your horse to take you home. But be careful, once you have given the “go home” or “take me home” order he may not want to stop so you can call out to those looking for you.

 

 

Irv Lichtenstein


From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karen Nesbitt
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:28 PM
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