On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 11:05:02AM -0600, Wanda Lauscher wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRzIbHm8iKc > > I long for the days I used to be able to do this (...actually about 40 > years ago).... > > Cara's clothing is fairly heavy, she's wearing her wintercoveralls, > and her aussie oilskin duster, and my heavy winter boots....
*grin* i can't quite do that on 14hh stjarni from the ground, so i start with a mounting block. but he hates the mounting block; seems to think "she clearly wants to get on, but there's this THING in the way..." and swings aside to make room :) i've found the only way to make it work is to climb the mounting block as fast as i can and immediately throw my weight across stjarni's back, since he'll stand rock-still for all the considerable wiggling and struggling and grabbing of mane it then takes me to actually get on :) --vicka, using her pony to stay warm again :)
