Post Your Harrowing Experiences here....
Post your harrowing experiences and wild tales from the Mantle Ranch here....
http://blog.montanahorses.com
Kail Mantle & Renee Daniels-Mantle
blog.montanahorses.com: Post Your Harrowing Experiences here....
Like anyone would have a harrowing experience at the Mantle Ranch..... I think we'll be seeing a limit on entries for this topic! I'm trying to decide which "experience" to run with: 1) the time we were hauling a full load of steel panels and the brakes went out at the top of "Mantle Hill," 2) my experiences with the hitchhiker/Montana Horses employee, 3) Hot sauce/jalapeno eating contests with Kail.... didn't end well for either party...., 4) Drunk polo with Renee.... ending in fashion show and makeup, 5) Cow Tails - the good ole days! Definately my top 5 harrowing experiences: more info to follow....
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I kind of liked your "Victoria Secret"
experience myself!
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A blog site!! Boy i would never have thought that kail would have a blog site. That is the funniest and neatest thing i have seen! It just goes to show you an ol cowboy can learn to type. Kail and renee or 2 of the most down to earth people i have ever met! Kail is just one of "those guys", that always does well in whatever he does. One of those guys that damn near(damn near) everybody likes! When your around him, you get pulled into a "simple life" type feeling...kinda back to the old west kinda feeling...more friendly and laid back. Just ask kail or renee to tell ya a story...one way or the other your gonna die laughing. renee is right up there with kail...shes a one of a kind! Her sweet gentle way about her always makes you feel welcome. She's a real cowgirl that really knows what she is doing and does it with "heart". So i guess my harrowing experience is a good one...and that is knowing the Mantles.
Kail and Renee are 2 real and genuine down to earth people....and hell they didn't even offer to pay me to write all of this nice sh*t about em!!
Best wishes!
Jason
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I'm thinking the time 5 maybe 6 of us moved the whole herd at a dead run for two days was a little western.
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I, like Lori, have many harrowing experiences to report, but will start with the very first one.
Ron and I were on vacation with the Mantles on the original Mantle Ranch in Hell's Canyon, Dinosaur National Park, Northwestern Colorado. We were on the ride of all rides called "Ride the Edge". It was unbelievable. My mount was my beloved Desperado but what no one knew was that both Des and I were afraid of heights. We made it through what was considered the most death defying portion of the trip with only one mishap, Kail had to lead each horse under a rock along a steep trail where no packs or people could sit the horse. Desperado had a fall there but was not injured and we pressed on feeling pretty smug. We even had cowboy fluid and a nap at the old rock corral before finishing the day's ride. After the nap was where we went wrong. We arrived at a pass called Dry Woman... 1000 foot drop to the left luckily disguised by a few trees. Desperado got spooked somehow by some large rocks on the trail and Kail came back to "help". Desperado and I became more nervous. Kail asked "what are you doing?" My reply..."getting the f##k away from you!"...Anyway, we decided that I should walk and lead Des until we were on safe territory. I looked back to check on him, dumb idea, the action of looking back spooked him again and he slipped on the slick rocks and fell. I was terrified, pulled on the reins as hard as I could, knowing that the drop off was near... Des jumped up and I fell on my ass. We both stood, sat there, staring at each other in disbelief. Well, we both obviously made it and still speak to each other. That is only the first of many harrowing experiences. I don't know what it is but whenever I am with Kail, my mouth is dry. Adrenal squeezes I guess.
Next near death experience...riding home on the boat in Cozumel with my wee boy at the time, Austin in a crazy storm with monster waves.
Or my favorite quote when we were driving out of the canyon with a trailer full of horses..."If the trailer starts slipping backwards, jump out and put a rock under the tire.."
uh..okay
Bibi
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Well, here we are back at home in Wyoming after the most recent ride with the horses in Montana. Things must be getting settled down quite a bit because I only saw one small detour in the little town of Willow Creek. We saw that some of the horses gathered were pulled from the trail because they were too rank, and about 50 were pulled earlier because they were trouble makers. It was a mighty fine ride anyway, and the weather was fantastic, a little warm along the way to Trident on Sunday. That is when I unloaded my vest into the photo truck ahead of the horse herd.
On Sunday morning I placed my saddle bags into the luggage trailer. They are Trail Max and are made in Colombia Falls, Montana. They are dark chocolate in color with all the nylon straps and buckes a solid dark black. They have the buckles that allow one to add the upper pack which fits on top behind the cantle. The zippers have black leather pulls on them. There is also a black strap with a buckle on each side which is used to buckle onto the back cinch D ring for added security. These saddle bags did not make it home with me. I last saw them when I placed them into the luggage trailer at camp on Saturday morning. If anyone can help me locate them, I would be very grateful. They are a part (1/4) of a total packing system that we used to pack into the wilderness. Please contact Kail or Renee if you know where they are. If they ended up with your gear somehow, please let them know and they will see to it that I will receive the missing saddle bags. Thank you.
Hope each and everyone of you had more fun that you imagined on the 2008 stampede drive. Chalk Eye was a wonderful gelding who responded correctly and with enthusiasm each time I asked something of him. I especially enjoyed the great run along the railroad tracks near the end of the trail.
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