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Horse Riders assault female mtn bikers
So we went up to the Coldwater Canyon Overlook last night:
http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthre...anyon-overlook
When we were coming down, we met up with 3 horseback riders coming up. We let them pass and noticed they weren't in the friendliest of moods. I warned them that there was a group of hikers with 2 dogs at the top.
Coming past the dome overlook @ 1/3 mile down from the top, we passed 2 female bikers taking a break. We said hi, thought nothing of it, and continued on our way down.
As we were packing up, the 2 girls showed up and asked if we saw the horses, and began to tell us what had happened;
The 2 girls were climbing on their bikes as they heard the horses coming up behind them. They could tell they wanted to pass, so they yelled out "OK, I'll get up here so I can get over to the side and let you pass" (as there was no place to step aside right there.
The first biker turned around to see her friend get hit with the horse's chest as it pushed past her, and the 2nd horseman pulled on the reigns to swing his horse's HEAD into the biker's shoulder!
That's right, 2 different horses intentionally pushed over this female biker because there wasn't room enough to let her step off the trail.
There wasn't a "sorry" mentioned. They just pushed past. The only words spoken by the first biker after she saw her friend were some rightful insults, and afterwards the horse riders replied "We have the right of way".
It's true that horses have the right of way to everybody, but this only means the other party should yield, not that one party has the right to assault the other as a means of staying on the trail.
Please take note that this is the story I heard directly from the victim, so I may not have some of the verbatim correct.
So as they told us this story, some deputies showed up, as they had been called right after this happened.
We waited around for the horses to get back to the trailhead just to see how it went. We could see one of the riders getting a little "mouthy" with the officer, but we just decided to leave as we assumed nothing much would come of it. It turns out I knew one of the officers from school. In fact he had ridden horses up this very trail.
A side note, I am somewhat of a horseman myself, growing up with them and riding on various trails.
Then I remembered I had caught the horses on my helmetcam. So if you see these 3 jerks around on their horses, beware.
It's inaudible, but when asked "how's it goin'?" the lady up front mumbles "it's goin'"
So they were obviously in a bad mood or just hated bikers altogether. We were a bit worried about the hikers up top who had one child on a bike. I hope they didn't give them any problems.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9d1d9nj010
Waiting around to see what happens...
Yeah, they know something's up... They even tried to take another trail when they saw the cops, but it was blocked.
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It turns out this is a homemade sign, see the red tape? Besides, this sign doesn't apply to the trail we were on, it's on the fork right from the parking lot.
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