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Shadows and Ears
A Long Rider’s View of the World
The Road Horse serves as the symbolic bridge between nature and the Long Rider. Though he doesn’t ignite the desire in our souls, the Road Horse is the messenger of movement that introduces us to intense personal change. Thus, because a Long Rider's relationship with the Road Horse is sacramental, not sacrificial, these are the special views recorded by various equestrian travellers.
If you are a Long Rider with a similar memorable image, please feel free to submit your version of a “Long Rider’s View of the World,” for this growing collection.
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 German Long Rider Wilhelm Filchner travelled from Baku to the Pamir Mountains in 1902 |
 English Long Rider Edward Stebbing rode through England and Scotland in 1936. |
 English Long Rider Richard Barnes and his gelding, Remus, journeyed to all four corners of Great Britain in 1977 |
 American Long Rider Ron Villareale arrives on the Pacific Coast on his mare, Thunder, after his ride across the USA in 1985. |
 American Long Riders Walter Nelson and Douglas Preston followed in Coronado's hoofprints in 1989. |
 Welsh Long Rider Jeremy James and his gelding, Sir Karo, travelled from Bulgaria to Berlin in 1990. |
 French Long Rider Anne-Marie Colombaro and her gelding, Skirl, travelled from Berlin to Paris in 1993 |
 English Long Rider Julian Ross and his gelding, Neagu, travelled across Transylvania in 1994. |
 European Long Rider Basha O'Reilly and her stallion, Count Pompeii, rode from Russia to England in 1995 |
 Italian Long Rider Simone Carmigniani rode his gelding, Raindrop, across the Ghizer Valley and Northern Pakistan in 2002. |
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 Italian Long Riders Antoinetta Spizzo and her husband Dario Masarotti make a Long Ride in Europe every summer. This picture was taken in 2003. |
 North American Long Rider Mark Skinner travelled across Ireland in 2004. |
 Irish equestrian traveller Caitriona Oleary and her Mariwari mare, Rani, rode across Pushkar, India, in 2005. |
 Australian Long Rider Tim Cope riding across the Steppes of Kalmikia in 2005 |
 Swiss Long Rider André Fischer and his gelding, Corazon, consider the Andes mountains waiting up ahead in 2006 |
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 Austrian Long Rider Margit Rumpl and her stallion, Gallipolis, travelled from Austria to Spain in 2006. |
 Irish Long Rider Hugh MacDermott and his gelding, Pancho, travelled across the Andes in Chile in 2006. |
 Swiss Long Rider Jessica Bigler and her gelding, Gitan, rode from Switzerland to England and back in 2007. |
 French Long Rider Thierry Posty found these sea-shells while riding through Japan in 2007. |
 French Long Rider Nicolas Ducret and his geldings, Tsigane and Musician of the Steppes, journeyed from Kazakhstan to Kabul in 2007 |
 French Long Rider Louis Meunier rides through Kabul, Afghanistan in 2007 |
 American Long Rider Douglas Preston riding across the Jurassic Meadows of New Mexico with his son, Isaac, in 2008 |
 Ed Anderson and Primo during their journey up the Pacific Crest Trail in 2008 |
 North American Long Rider Colleen Hamer's horse looks at ox-drawn wagon at Scottsbluff Monument in Nebraska in 2011 |
 Elizabeth Hill riding along Britain's Pennine Way, 2011 |
 Tom Fairbank and Rio explored the Bob Marshall Wilderness in 2011 |
 Orion Kraus and Azueta rode through Guatemala in 2012 |
