{"id":1725,"date":"2014-05-06T20:56:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T03:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:30","slug":"backcountry-skills-clinic-encourages-local-4-h-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=1725","title":{"rendered":"Backcountry Skills Clinic Encourages local 4-H Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SawCase.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1734\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SawCase-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"SawCase\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SawCase-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SawCase.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>Squaw Butte teamed up with Boise and Gem County\u00a04-H groups to kick off the weekend for\u00a0their annual Backcountry Skills clinic. Normally open to the public, the chapter decided on something different this year by focusing on the younger generation of future backcountry horsemen and women.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was filled with an informative presentation by the always popular Dr. Hardy, DVM and packing demonstrations by our local chapter experts, Rob Adams and Phil Ryan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1726\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SafetyMeeting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1726\" class=\"wp-image-1726 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SafetyMeeting-300x152.jpg\" alt=\"Pre-ride safety meeting\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SafetyMeeting-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SafetyMeeting.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pre-ride safety meeting<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Threatening weather conditions did little to dampen participation for Sunday\u2019s trail ride at the Emmett Horse Park. Rob Adams started the morning with a pre-safety meeting complete with helmet checks. Anyone going on the ride was required to wear a helmet. Some of us are still getting over the visual of Chick wearing something besides his trade-mark\u00a0cowboy hat. However, rules are there for safety and safety trumps style. Fashion sense aside, Chick was a trooper sporting\u00a0his plastic bubble head\u2026two sizes too small.<\/p>\n<p>The large group split up into 3 smaller groups for safety and minimal impact on the environment. Rob, Phil Ryan and Linda Erickson each led a group on a moderate, 3 hour ride over Emmett\u2019s rolling hills.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1727\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Phil_Group.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1727\" class=\"wp-image-1727 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Phil_Group-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Phil_Group\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Phil_Group-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Phil_Group.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Captain&#8221; Phil leading the pack<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back at base-camp, lunch was served: Sloppy Joes, chips, potato salad and brownies to die for. All in all, a pretty decent day in the saddle. \u00a0Good food, fair weather and a fun group of kids to share it with.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1728\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Lunch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1728\" class=\"wp-image-1728 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Lunch-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Didn't take long for everyone to trade in their helmets for a dinner plate. \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Lunch-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Lunch.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Didn&#8217;t take long for everyone to trade in their helmets for a dinner plate.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back at home, I downloaded the few pictures I took. I noticed right off that I didn\u2019t take as many as I normally do. I think I know why. There are some things that just ain\u2019t right\u2026 and Chick in that plastic bubble head\u2026well, that\u2019 just ain\u2019t right.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Link to pictures on Picasa\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/103191048917188494527\/4HBackCountrySkillsClinic#\">Click here for full set of pictures!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Squaw Butte teamed up with Boise and Gem County\u00a04-H groups to kick off the weekend for\u00a0their annual Backcountry Skills clinic. Normally open to the public, the chapter decided on something different this year by focusing on the younger generation of future backcountry horsemen and women. Saturday was filled with an informative presentation by the always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[29,30,32,31],"class_list":["post-1725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-rides","category-training-events","tag-4-h","tag-packing-clinic","tag-safety","tag-trail-rides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1725"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1735,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725\/revisions\/1735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}