Mounted search and rescue

[John Wilkins <wilkey34@yahoo.com>]

  On this subject of helmets up until recently I was
one that said helmet I don't need no stinking helmet
until a friend of mine that has been riding for almost
50 years got thrown from her horse and landed on her
head causing a laceration from 1 in. above her eyes
(in the center of her forehead) straight all the way
over to her neck and after a $17,000 flight on flight
for life 180 stitches from a plastic surgeon and 3
days in the hospital and a total bill of  $286,000 I
now wear a $75.00 helmet and she was lucky it happened
at home and not out on the trail. A helmet could be
the difference between being the rescuer or needing to
be rescued! 

Just a thought maybe its time to mandate that every
member wears a helmet or do the team leaders wait
until something happens to someone somewhere before
they do.

John Wilkins


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