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mark12_30 · 07-12-2004, 09:42 AM

I'm going only by my memory here, but I don't think so. I think he was facing forward; reached back with his left hand, caught the breastplate, let the horse pull him into a spin, and then kicked and pulled his hips into the saddle. Tricky, yes. Impossible, no.

Of course a klutz like me would have dislocated that left shoulder.

But thinking of someone like, say, Mary Lou Retton in her prime-- no problem.

07-12-2004, 09:42 AM	#95
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	I'm going only by my memory here, but I don't think so. I think he was facing forward; reached back with his left hand, caught the breastplate, let the horse pull him into a spin, and then kicked and pulled his hips into the saddle. Tricky, yes. Impossible, no. Of course a klutz like me would have dislocated that left shoulder. But thinking of someone like, say, Mary Lou Retton in her prime-- no problem. __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.