Ray Cebulski riding his wife Barb's horse Sonny on one of his pack trips in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. The Chinese Wall is in the background.
SEELEY LAKE – Raymond "Ray" Cebulski, not yet 18-years-old, was riding a green colt up a hill when a half-blind dog ran into the back of it. The colt turned around and started bucking downhill.
"It is dang hard to ride a bucking horse downhill because you keep gaining altitude," Cebulski said and laughed. "Finally I went over his head and laid on my hands and knees right in front of him. It sounded to me like he was hitting the ground right between my legs. I was jumping just like a bullfrog - I thought sure he was going to jump on me any minute. Finally, I rolled off to the side and got away...
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