[pct-l] Fw: 5 months ride using part of the PCT

[Nitnoid1]

I vote for Piper to be MendoRider's ghost writer.  

The Incredible Bulk

On May 13, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> Seriously, MendoRider, your adventure is so interesting it should be  
> written down. If not by you, someone should interview you and write  
> it all down for you. There are a million trail journals, DVDs and  
> books of people walking the trail, but so few accounts of what it's  
> like to do it with a horse. Your story is so interesting.
> 
> Diane
> 
> On May 13, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Dorian,
>> 
>> My own direct experience riding alone with just one horse?and that  
>> of four?other
>> Long Riders?that I have communicated with is that horses will begin  
>> to?bond with
>> thier rider? when there is no other horse.?YOU will become the  
>> other horse. This
>> will happen gradually during the first 10 days.?They want a buddy.? 
>> While they
>> would prefer another horse they will accept a human. They will  
>> become more and
>> more confident and trusting of you and your judgment and  
>> leadership. I have
>> experienced this with two horses. They will be more willing to  
>> follow when you
>> lead - even through places that they might otherwise be scary to  
>> them. I sang to
>> Primo and talked to him both in English and in horse. I learned  
>> several horse
>> communication sounds from him.? He responded to my?touch and  
>> assurance. He liked
>> being scratched under his chin and along his mane just?above his  
>> withers. Notice
>> that horses scratch each other above the withers. The bond will  
>> develop. This
>> same?level of acceptance won't happen between you and your horse? 
>> when he has a
>> real horse companion.?
> 
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