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Improvise, adapt, overcome

By Keith Ryan Cartwright
Courtesy PBR

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

PUEBLO, Colo. (July 7, 2009) — There's a saying: Lose your feet, lose your seat. This past weekend, J.B. Mauney arrived in Calgary for the annual Stampede. His luggage did not. That meant that with more than $100,000 on the line, the North Carolina native was without his gear bag, and without his rope, vest, boots and spurs. It may have been because of all the holiday travelers, but Mauney had essentially lost his feet. He was able to borrow a rope, a glove and even a vest that fit, but ...

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