tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post972922728161854400..comments2024-01-29T05:17:19.787-07:00Comments on Kari Lynn Dell - Western Author: The Bog BlogKari Lynn Dellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864636462802149247noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post-71755425908102365412014-06-22T14:35:09.478-06:002014-06-22T14:35:09.478-06:00Wait, now, I'm confused. I thought bentonite w...Wait, now, I'm confused. I thought bentonite was the stuff they used to make irrigation ditches and dirt dams more waterproof? Or is that a different kind? <br /><br />And Alicia, the best way to get a horse out is what I described, assuming you have help at hand and the horse is saddled. Roping them around the neck to drag them out usually just results in choking. Or you could hope to get lucky and the horse finds a solid bit of ground on the edge somewhere and gets out on their own. <br /><br />A human could basically swim out, the stuff is the consistency of a thick soup, so you could paddle to the side then belly crawl onto solid ground.<br /><br />I have no experience with quicksand. Yet another of those hazards that don't seem to occur up here on our high altitude gravel bar. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post-86971707183529925092014-06-22T11:15:30.494-06:002014-06-22T11:15:30.494-06:00If you're a human, and reading this, and want ...If you're a human, and reading this, and want to store away the instructions for getting out if your horse falls in, what are they?<br /><br />And while you're at it, what is the way to get out of quicksand - and is it different? I really want to know.<br /><br />I can already handle riptides, should I ever get into the ocean again, and I was just made aware that lovely honeysuckle is often entwined in the wild with poison ivy (so don't get too close to smell the tricky things). And stay away from places where avalanche potential is high. And don't go for a hike anywhere you aren't prepared to survive the next week in, and...<br /><br />Nature wants to eat us.<br /><br />Alicia<br /><br />PS Cities and suburbs have their own hazards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post-59546685231528929942014-06-22T09:18:13.032-06:002014-06-22T09:18:13.032-06:00Its bentonite clay - and when wet, its a slippery ...Its bentonite clay - and when wet, its a slippery mess. Since it contracts and expands as it cycles from wet to dry and back and again, its probably eroding the layers underneath, making a pocket...and a very dangerous situation as you noted.<br /><br />You could be sitting on a pocket of saber tooth tigers and wooly mammmoths, you know ;)Janice Grinyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14363741660626407979noreply@blogger.com