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I'm with Linda! Last year I was
cantering down a trail, looked up and saw a one-inch diameter, spike-like branch
headed right for me. I tried to duck but it struck me in the upper chest
nearly throwing me out of the saddle. I felt the impact and heard a LOUD
snap and immediately thought I'd broken my collarbone or even punctured a
lung. When I looked down the tip of the branch was firmly lodged in the
foam in my vest, the snap was the branch breaking off. VERY
lucky.
I purchased the vest at a second hand
tack sale because I'd read reports that the sides of some trails are being
cleared with bush hogs that cut sapplings off at 4-5 inches from the
ground. This method leaves a spike that would easily impale a fallen
rider. I had also heard that a rider (somehwere) had been killed the
previous year in this manner.
The vest was money well spent as far as
I'm concerned!
Wendy
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