Mounted search and rescue

[Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>]

Marie Lester wrote:
>I was in a situation once in which there was a rock wall on one
>side and a severe drop off on the other.....the trail had become so
>treacherous, that we HAD to turn around.   I have re-visited that
>situation many times in my mind.

It is very stressful to get stuck in a squeeze location where
turning around is dangerous.  A few times, someone in my party
has had to back the horse a rather long distance before it was
possible to turn around.

        Una Smith
        New Mexico