101 Trail Riding Tips: Helpful Hints for Backcountry and Pleasure Riding (101 Tips) [Paperback]

Dan Aadland (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

One of the great joys of horseback riding is to be able to leave the beaten path for such activities as hunting, fishing, or camping, or simply for the pure pleasure of being out in nature. To ensure that you and your horse are enjoying the trail in the safest and most efficient ways, 101 Trail Riding Tips presents a broad array of advice, including selecting a good trail or pack horse, training for safety and responsiveness, choosing tack and other gear, and coping with a wide variety of terrains.
It's a guide that's sure to increase the enjoyment of any trail ride, anytime and anywhere.
Dan Aadland, the author of The Complete Trail Horse and Treading Lightly with Pack Animals, is a frequent contributor to The Trail Rider, Western Horseman and other equestrian magazines.

About the Author

Dan Aadland, the author of The Complete Trail Horse and Treading Lightly With Pack Animals, is a frequent contributor to Western Horseman, The Trail Rider and Equus. He lives in Absarokee, Montana, where he and his wife, Emily, breed Tennessee Walking Horses and organize pack trips.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592288308
• ISBN-13: 978-1592288304
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #752,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm a rancher, retired teacher, and former Marine officer, but the role of writer has been my primary preoccupation since I learned to love the written word as a child. Early tastes included the best outdoor writers of the day, and of course Mark Twain, the master. After service in Viet Nam I attended the University of Utah, where I earned an MA in English and a Ph.D.in American Studies and creative writing. Then it was back to Montana for a busy life divided between ranching and teaching high school English and various extension courses for the university system.
But it's been my love of horses, of raising and training them, and my passion for riding a good horse under the Big Sky, that has spawned my best writing--SKETCHES FROM THE RANCH: A MONTANA MEMOIR; THE BEST OF ALL SEASONS: FIFTY YEARS AS A MONTANA HUNTER; and my newest and eighth, IN TRACE OF TR: A MONTANA HUNTER'S JOURNEY.
For that latest work I sought to know Theodore Roosevelt from the perspective of a fellow hunter, rancher, and horseman. I rode where he rode, hunted as he hunted, and found that the century intervening was but a skip in time between hunters' hearts.
--Dan Aadland