What would you hope for if your mule slipped on a mossy creek bottom?
Review these photo and or movie and you see how calm I expect a MMCO mule to respond to any extreme situation.

Everything going as usual Oh No! No drill teck shoes on Rambler
Look close and you can see him listing to the left
Sometimes accidents happen in slow motion, not this one
Boom and we were down an sucking water
He is trying to stay up, but not panicking
At this point Rambler is flat on his belly and I am standing in my stirrups on the bottom of the creek trying to decide if I want off or just ride it out.
  Well I stayed on. His head has been under the water. Look at his ears. Watch the movie it is a good one.
He is struggling back on his feet.
This not something we practice:) But look how he gets back on his feet. Those are still slick rocks under him

After he is up, he collects himself and walks up on the waterfall as if noting has happened.
Well, guess what, we are going back and try it again:)