Mount up

"Sitting up" with counter hold, Johann Elias Ridinger , 1760

modern plastic climbing aid

Infantry squad mounted on an M2 / M3 Bradley

Getting on or getting on refers to the climbing of a mount or a vehicle .

Riding on horses

Usually the rider approaches the horse from the left and pulls the saddle girth before mounting. The left foot is in the stirrup provided, with the right hand to the cantle gripped, the weight shifts on the stirrup, is pushed up, the right leg on the croup curved and soft turned eat . A second person can hold the stirrup strap on the opposite side so that the saddle does not slip. This is particularly practiced on horses with poorly developed withers . Counter-holding protects the horse's back as the load is better distributed. Sitting up is a great, one-sided burden on the horse's back. Climbing aids , such as a platform or a rider's stone , are therefore not only useful for riders, but also for horses.

In order to sit up without a stirrup, the rider on large horses must either jump up as in vaulting , sit up with a climbing aid or with assistance in which a helper lifts the lower leg of the standing leg until the other leg can be swung over the horse.

Horses can be trained to lie down for easier mounting. The favorite horse of the Württemberg king Friedrich I. Helene was not only strong enough to carry the plump sovereign, but also trained to kneel down in order to let Friedrich I. sit up.

Sitting on dromedaries

Dromedaries are trained to lie down so that the rider can get on more easily.

Signals to sit up

In the 19th century the cavalry gave their own trumpet signal for mounting. Even when hunting , the hunting horn blowers give the signal to mount up during the rendezvous and after the break, in this context also called monter à cheval .

Sitting on vehicles

In the military and the police , getting into vehicles is called riding. Even with a bicycle or a motorcycle one mounts or mounts.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kurt Hoffmann, Riding School for Beginners , Franckh 1976, ISBN 3-440-03834-3 , chapter Aufsitzen , p. 37
2. ↑ Braves Ross and his high rider ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), in: Kornwestheimer Zeitung, August 4, 2009
3. ↑ Laying down the camels to sit up , see GTC section 1
4. ↑ Hunting regulations with mountaineering / monter au cheval
5. ^ Motorbike Club Wannetal