To: <spanishequines@yahoo.com>, "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] :* HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING - What would you do if you
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:28:49 -0600
Karen, Ok, I live in Montana
now, and Jackson Hole prior to that. I have
gone around a tree while going up a trail, and then gave the horse his head to come
out, when it was darker than six inches up a moose. I knew where we were
because we went around the tree on the way out. I guess this is my way of
saying that the horse almost always knows where they are. As far as the gear
you now don’t have, I would strongly suggest that you carry a fanny pack
with the critical gear you need to survive with the scenario that you have
outlined. Chris
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[mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karen Nesbitt Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 20086:39 AM To: IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN Cc: MSAR Subject: Re: [MSAR] :* HYPOTHETICALLY
SPEAKING - What would you do if you
Ok, Irv, Mission
scenario: You are out on a mission, you have become dislodged from the
Black (your horse), he goes home and you are left on foot with a mild
back shoulder injury....weather, chilly, might rain, might nsnow, time of day
late noon. You are somewhat dressed for the weather, but your rain gear
left and all of your other provisions left with your horse. You
are somewhat ambulatory yet, but need to fnd your barings, what do you
do? Oh and your radio was smashed in the fall.
Question, does the Black know how to get home if you
have trailered out to a mission?
Karen
--- On Tue, 10/28/08, IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN <ilichten1@verizon.net>
wrote:
From: IRVIN
LICHTENSTEIN <ilichten1@verizon.net>
Subject: RE: [MSAR] :* HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING - What would you do if you
To: spanishequines@yahoo.com, "'Mounted search
and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Tuesday, October
28, 2008, 6:57 PM
We should expand your hypothectical to two other
categories—on a mission and just having a ride.
On a mission you should have been issued a map and have your
compass (the no batteries kind). Your end of task landmarks should have
been briefed and marked on your assignment map. I always try to brief a
rally point or physical boundary it is very hard to miss, like a creek or a
road that I know is there. Once you have become disoriented you pick a
course to a boundary, hit the boundary, and recover your location by finding
a landmark along the boundary. I generally pleasure ride in about 1200
acres where the trails are unmarked dirt among the trees. There are
several orientation points however, once you get to know the park.
There is a creek that runs through it, and from the top of the
ridge you can usually see a nearby water tower, the antennas on top of it, or
the glow from the community college parking lot on top of the next
ridge. So you pick a direction and go. If you hit the creek you go
upstream to a bridge. If you hit a road you have it made. The other
boundary is a paved bike path with a boundary fence along side it, again you
have it made. Last but not least, you can always tell your horse to
take you home. But be careful, once you have given the “go home”
or “take me home” order he may not want to stop so you can call
out to those looking for you.
Irv Lichtenstein
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[mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karen Nesbitt Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 20082:28 PM To: MSAR Subject: [MSAR] :*
HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING - What would you do if you