{"id":484,"date":"2012-02-14T22:14:39","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T05:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbbch.org\/2012\/02\/14\/hitches-knots-and-slings-oh-my\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:33","slug":"hitches-knots-and-slings-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=484","title":{"rendered":"Hitches, Knots and Slings &#8211; OH MY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/sbbchidaho.org\/photo\/JakeBanner.jpg\" style=\"width: 646px; height: 129px\" align=\"middle\" height=\"265\" width=\"640\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<font face=\"Calibri\"><strong>~ Mini-Pack Clinic ~<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Calibri\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Several members of the SBBCH got together this weekend for a mini-pack session of sorts. Janine and I expressed an interest in learning more about proper packing techniques and engaged the assistance of Jake Lemon and Ellen Knapp, who agreed to take time out of their busy schedules to demonstrating their personal packing techniques.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/sbbchidaho.org\/photo\/JakeBox.jpg\" style=\"width: 169px; height: 218px\" align=\"right\" height=\"448\" width=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">  <\/font><v o:spid=\"_x0000_s1027\" type=\"#_x0000_t75\" style=\"width: 150.9pt; height: 111pt; margin-top: 9.35pt; margin-left: 308.1pt; visibility: visible; position: absolute; z-index: 2\" id=\"Picture_x0020_6\">  <\/v><v src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\\Users\\Wanderer\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\msohtmlclip1\\01\\clip_image001.jpg\" o:title=\"AnnieJack\">  <w type=\"square\"> <\/w><\/v>Jake felt that if we were going to learn this thing the right way, it would be best to learn on our own animals with our own gear. With this philosophy in mind, I loaded Jack and Annie and drove to Jakes in Emmett. Annie has come a long way considering her past, but she is still a bit skittish. I brought Jack along in hopes the presence of \u0093her horse\u0094 would help to calm her. <span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">  <\/font><v o:spid=\"_x0000_s1026\" type=\"#_x0000_t75\" style=\"width: 166.9pt; height: 111.6pt; margin-top: 1in; margin-left: 1.45pt; visibility: visible; position: absolute; z-index: 1\" id=\"Picture_x0020_1\">  <\/v><v src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\\Users\\Wanderer\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\msohtmlclip1\\01\\clip_image003.jpg\" o:title=\"Jake_Mantee\">  <w type=\"square\"> <\/w><\/v>I pulled into Jakes a little after noon to find the rest of the crew had arrived. I could not blame my bad sense of direction for\u00a0tardiness this time. This time, I would blame Annie. She is not the easiest critter to catch when she does not want to be caught. Yeah, I\u0092ve read the books on how to catch the hard to catch mule \u0096Annie, however, has not.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><font face=\"Calibri\">For the complete story, <a href=\"http:\/\/sbbchidaho.org\/PDF\/hitches.pdf\" title=\"Hitches\">click here.<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0 <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0~ Mini-Pack Clinic ~ Several members of the SBBCH got together this weekend for a mini-pack session of sorts. 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