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Re: [MSAR] Blowdowns and riding safety (Iron County, Utah)
- From: "LAURI STRUVE" <lauris10@earthlink.net>
- To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [MSAR] Blowdowns and riding safety (Iron County, Utah)
- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 08:03:51 -0500
I don't know anyting about blowdowns. But I would say YES your safety and
your horse's safety come first. if you feel the terrain or in this case
obstacles on the terrain make it a risk then yes, to me it comes back to
the basic tenet... "don't become part of the problem"
Lauri
Osage Beach FPD SAR Division Mounted Unit
> [Original Message]
> From: Hitch'n Post <hitchnup@accesswest.com>
> To: <obsar1864>; <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: 7/5/2005 7:56:03 AM
> Subject: [MSAR] Blowdowns and riding safety (Iron County, Utah)
>
> [This e-mail was misdirected, rescued by me. -Una]
>
> Yesterday June 27th we were called out for two men missing up on Cedar
> Mountain about 8500 ft we have had a lot of rain this year after 8 years
> of draught and the bark beetle so there were even more fallen trees with
> very tall grass & steep terrain. We were out for over an hour trying to
> work our way though all of this, it seem to me we spent more time trying
> to get our horses over the logs and other hurtles and picking our way,
> that we spent less time looking for the men. Is there a better technique
> for this? Do we need to train more for this type of terrain? Is there
> some places where we have to say we can't take our horses for their
> safety?
>
> Thanks, Pam Williams
> Iron County UT MSAR
> PS The two men were found.
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[MSAR] Blowdowns and riding safety (Iron County, Utah),
Hitch'n Post, 07/05/2005
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- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [MSAR] Blowdowns and riding safety (Iron County, Utah), LAURI STRUVE, 07/05/2005
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Re: [MSAR] Blowdowns and riding safety (Iron County, Utah),
una . smith, 07/05/2005
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Re: [MSAR] Blowdowns and riding safety (Iron County, Utah),
pennbo, 07/05/2005
- Re: [MSAR] Blowdowns and riding safety (Iron County, Utah), irvin lichtenstein, 07/05/2005
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Re: [MSAR] Blowdowns and riding safety (Iron County, Utah),
pennbo, 07/05/2005
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Re: [MSAR] GPS training,
Lois Guyon, 07/05/2005
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