> > I figure it I can drop another 10 or 15 lbs I may demo another Sensation. > > Nancy >
i have ridden in about every treeless brand there is and they will all slip. The ways to minimize slippage is to have a good pad, and a snug hunter type breast collar. period. no other way if you weigh over about 160. and how you mount factors in. Like if you really spring up there is different than hanging onto the side like you are being air lifted by the coast guard after your boat has capsized in a hurricane, which is how I mount. I am the voice of experience, the benchmark that all heavy treeless riders should aspire to. If there was a way to mount in the desert I feel I would find it cause I am expert at mounting just about anywhere, from anything. I have even mounted by using another horse's leg to brace against and pull my horse, and walk up the other horse's leg. Gotta have two great horses to do that. to me a sensation hybrid is the best treeless for fat people. the worst way to mount is to drop down onto a horses back from a cliff edge like gene autry. I once fell five times in ten minutes doing that. Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
