To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Christopher Reeves....a fallen SUPERMAN...
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:24:10 -0800
Sounds painful Phillip! I had an accident several years ago on my
SEASONED search and rescue horse. Still don't know what happened- we
think it was probably a wasp sting just as I swung up to mount. End
result was I chose to bail rather than crash and as I did my horse
swerved. My planned trajectory became obsolete and I hit my helmeted
head on the corner of a welded trailer bumper. That's a SQUARE metal
corner. Without that helmet there would have been gray matter all over
the place. I tore the trapezius muscle where it attaches to the skull
and yes it hurt like heck for a long time- BUT I can still walk, talk,
and hug my loved ones.
The unexpected can happen even to the best prepared. Why take chances?