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How the Typical Mountain Biker Treats Horses and Other TrailUsers
On Feb 1, 12:26*pm, Mike Vandeman wrote:
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 06:35:41 -0800 (PST), bluezfolk wrote: On Jan 31, 11:09*pm, Mike Vandeman wrote: \"I have lived in Marin since the 50s and have been riding horses here -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande Personally I've always considered riding a horse as being cruel to an animal. *Making a 1000 pound horse carry 200 pounds of rider and saddle etc. is like making a 200 pound human carry 40 pounds for no reason. *Try walking around all day with a 40 pound pack on your back, it gets tiring. If tou ACTUALLY cared about horses, which you don't, you would advocate banning mountain biking. 40 pounds for a 200-lb human is quite a light pack! I routinely carry more than 1/4 of my weight for backpacking. You are only demonstrating your ignorance. Eric -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande So make that 50 pounds, but the horse has no choice whether or not to carry it, you do. I guess you don't really care about horses either, since they aren't "wildlife", just extremely dumb animals. Eric Eric |
How the Typical Mountain Biker Treats Horses and Other Trail Users
On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:18:54 -0800 (PST), bluezfolk
wrote: On Feb 1, 12:26*pm, Mike Vandeman wrote: On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 06:35:41 -0800 (PST), bluezfolk wrote: On Jan 31, 11:09*pm, Mike Vandeman wrote: \"I have lived in Marin since the 50s and have been riding horses here -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande Personally I've always considered riding a horse as being cruel to an animal. *Making a 1000 pound horse carry 200 pounds of rider and saddle etc. is like making a 200 pound human carry 40 pounds for no reason. *Try walking around all day with a 40 pound pack on your back, it gets tiring. If tou ACTUALLY cared about horses, which you don't, you would advocate banning mountain biking. 40 pounds for a 200-lb human is quite a light pack! I routinely carry more than 1/4 of my weight for backpacking. You are only demonstrating your ignorance. Eric -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande So make that 50 pounds, but the horse has no choice whether or not to carry it, you do. I guess you don't really care about horses either, since they aren't "wildlife", just extremely dumb animals. But obviously smarter than mountain bikers, because they don't often crash! I don't promote horseback riding. I just don't like to see animals abused, as mountain bikers always do. Eric Eric -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
How the Typical Mountain Biker Treats Horses and Other TrailUsers
On the other hand the horse would not be alive excep for the one who
rides them for sport. There's not many wild horses around hear. - Cappy On Feb 2, 5:18*pm, bluezfolk wrote: On Feb 1, 12:26*pm, Mike Vandeman wrote: On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 06:35:41 -0800 (PST), bluezfolk wrote: On Jan 31, 11:09*pm, Mike Vandeman wrote: \"I have lived in Marin since the 50s and have been riding horses here -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande Personally I've always considered riding a horse as being cruel to an animal. *Making a 1000 pound horse carry 200 pounds of rider and saddle etc. is like making a 200 pound human carry 40 pounds for no reason. *Try walking around all day with a 40 pound pack on your back, it gets tiring. If tou ACTUALLY cared about horses, which you don't, you would advocate banning mountain biking. 40 pounds for a 200-lb human is quite a light pack! I routinely carry more than 1/4 of my weight for backpacking. You are only demonstrating your ignorance. Eric -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande So make that 50 pounds, but the horse has no choice whether or not to carry it, you do. *I guess you don't really care about horses either, since they aren't "wildlife", just extremely dumb animals. Eric Eric |
How the Typical Mountain Biker Treats Horses and Other Trail Users
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:09:15 -0800 (PST), Cappy
wrote: On the other hand the horse would not be alive excep for the one who rides them for sport. There's not many wild horses around hear. - There would be, if we allowed it. Cappy On Feb 2, 5:18*pm, bluezfolk wrote: On Feb 1, 12:26*pm, Mike Vandeman wrote: On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 06:35:41 -0800 (PST), bluezfolk wrote: On Jan 31, 11:09*pm, Mike Vandeman wrote: \"I have lived in Marin since the 50s and have been riding horses here -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande Personally I've always considered riding a horse as being cruel to an animal. *Making a 1000 pound horse carry 200 pounds of rider and saddle etc. is like making a 200 pound human carry 40 pounds for no reason. *Try walking around all day with a 40 pound pack on your back, it gets tiring. If tou ACTUALLY cared about horses, which you don't, you would advocate banning mountain biking. 40 pounds for a 200-lb human is quite a light pack! I routinely carry more than 1/4 of my weight for backpacking. You are only demonstrating your ignorance. Eric -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande So make that 50 pounds, but the horse has no choice whether or not to carry it, you do. *I guess you don't really care about horses either, since they aren't "wildlife", just extremely dumb animals. Eric Eric -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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