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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 |
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