Things I Learned on the MS Ride 2009
- A pair of jeans can last more than two days
- A hairbrush is not an essential item.
- Camping near the fence is good, leaving your new saddle pad on the fence to fall off and be pissed on by someone else’s horse…not so good
- PMS and camping don’t mix
- Side passing for 27kms really isn’t as hard as it may sound
- Two young horses together on the trail with 200+ others is a bad combination
- Metal horse shoes hitting stones in the middle of the night is a fire hazard
- Getting out of bed and walking to the toilet at home is never as bad as it is camping
- You have to push the gas knob in to light the gas
- A horse can float for four hours straight and not die
- Wind is relative, what you thought was windy night will pale in comparison to a gale force windy night
- Getting spanked by the tent for 8 hours isn’t as kinky as it sounds
- A book will go mouldy if you don’t shut your tent properly and the rain gets in
- Red desert dust is almost impossible to remove
- Dust storms are best avoided by being at the pub
- 100+ horses are capable of pushing down 600m of fencing and escaping into 1000’s of acres and not giving a stuff about your feelings
- Just because your horse looks innocent don’t assume it is
- Soup ladles are too small
- Your body doesn’t seem so bad after 2-3 days of communal showering
- Never brag about not falling off…Karma will bite you in the arse
- Bruises on your inner thigh hurt, dry humping your saddle is optional
- Make friends with a nurse…they have everything you need
- A sudden downpour can add 6 inches to your height and take 12 inches off your waist
- Thongs are no good as gumboots
- People who pee in the middle of the night on the ground make a lot of noise
- Sluts is a term of affection
- You can spend 9 days sharing a tent with someone and not want to kill them
- Alcohol is necessary
- Losing weight is possible if you eliminate alcohol….therefore losing weight is not possible
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