Mounted search and rescue

["Tracy Helget" <helget@flynthyllsgypsy.com>]

Competitive trail also discourages the use of regular saddlebags. Their
theory is the horse does most of it's heat venting from the flank area and
traditional saddle bags tend to cover this area.

Then again, cowboys have used these for years and most of the horses seem
to fair okay, yes?

I go by the philosophy; I carry my supplies, my horse carries her
supplies. Of course, I don't have the MSAR experience and that is probably
a whole other ball game.

Tracy
Kansas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN" <ilichten1@verizon.net>
> To: "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [MSAR] Saddlebag inventory: - whats in yours
>
>
>>I carry the usual ton of stuff. There are 4 water bottle holders on the
>> pommel for small bicycle style bottles and 2 1.5 liter bottles. They
>> have
>> push pull nozzles and screw off tops.  In the Summer they are frozen
>> before
>> a ride.
>>
>> The saddle bags have 3 compartments, a cantle bag and two sides with
>> splits.
>>
>> >
> Hi Irv,
> That is big list of things you carry.  I also have a similar bag, in fact
> our group had them custom made so that we could extra compartments inside
> and most importantly, 12 sets of D rings.  However my wife has been
> getting
> on me about too much weight over the horses kidneys.  Back up her point
> she
> handed me the most recent Trail Rider Magazine and showed me a short
> article
> about less is the best policy.  The short paragraph states:
>
> "Go Light
> The worst possible location to carry weight is behind the saddle, over
> your
> horse's kidneys.  Large saddlebags and saddle packs designed to carry
> overnight camping gear tempt you to fill them with unneeded items, to the
> possible detriment of your horse.  Keep your saddlebags small and light.
> If
> you must carry heavier items, such as water bottles, etc. select pommel or
> horn packs that fit on the front of the saddle. "
>     Montana Outfitter Dan Aadland
>     adapted from 101 Trail Riding Tips
>
> Personally, I really don't believe this theory.
>
> Chuck
> KVMSAR
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Tracy Helget
Flynt Hylls Gypsy Horses
helget@flynthyllsgypsy.com
785-770-2053
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a
game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and,
once it has done so, she will have to accept that her life will be
radically changed - Ralph Waldo Emerson