Mounted search and rescue

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

Lauri Struve wrote:
>To echo Irv, don't we have to judge if a situation is too risky for our
>team or mounts?

Yes, always.  Risk assessment and management is an important part
of the field team leader's job.  And one reason why I recommend the
field team leader should *not* be the navigator nor communications
person.

Something I don't like to see is the practice of avoiding anything
risky in training, saving all the risk exposure for real missions.
That is a recipe for disaster.

        Una Smith
        New Mexico