To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Litters and MSAR / Transport via horse
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:34:40 -0600
E.S. wrote:
>>I'm talking about a stretcher that can be install on the saddle with a
>>person on it..
Una Smith wrote:
>Mule litter. This was a piece of pack equipment the French army
>used effectively, that was tried by other armies circa 1900 with
>generally bad results.
Jorene Downs wrote:
>I think Una is referring to a stretcher rigged between 2 equine with the
>poles at about stirrup height?
No. A mule litter would be mounted on top of a pack saddle.
E.S. asked about a litter on a saddle, which I did not assume
means a riding saddle.