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Repairing a Renegade Hoof Boot on the Trail

Published September 30, 2018
Long Rider Bernie Harberts with needle hidden in beard, hat, or bandana on the Ride Out the Front Gate mule trip through the Virginia Highlands
Where’s the needle in this picture? In my beard, my hat or my bandana? Why do I need it? Read on.

Out here roaming the Virginia Highlands with our mules, we’re in possession of a sliver of steel as important as lentils, hoof boots and butt cheek callouses.
That would be the humble needle. The good old fashioned, honest-as-a-Norman-Rockwell-painting needle. The humble needle that harks back to the days of mending socks and shirts and your britches when they split.… Continue reading →

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