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Stories from The Road - page 3
More thrilling adventures from Long Riders, past and present, all over the world.
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When Swedish Long Rider Mikael Strandberg went to
travel across Siberia in the winter of 2004-2005, he found a thriving horse
culture amongst the Yakut tribesmen! Click on picture to read his astonishing tale. |
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| Alberta Claire, "The Girl from Wyoming," had to whip out her pistol and defend herself from a very dangerous man. Click on picture to read about her experiences. |
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Click on picture to read a chilling story about horses and bridges from Tim Cope, writing from the middle of Kazakhstan. |
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| Click on photograph of Ana Beker to read a eye-witness account of the little six-year-old girl who remembers meeting the Long Rider in 1954. |
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| Click on picture to read a terrifying story by Henry Coke of a death in a river during the California Gold Rush. |
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Click on picture to read about the heartbreaking loss suffered by the Japanese Samurai, Baron Fukushima, on his amazing 14,000 kilometre journey from Berlin to Tokyo in 1892. |
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Click on picture to read about Hugh Clapperton's amazing Long Ride across the Sahara. |
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Italian Long Riders Dario Masarotti and Antonietta Spizzo spend as much time as possible in the saddle. Click on photo to read Antonietta's description of the horrors of crossing borders on horseback, balanced by the joys of travelling through Europe and enjoying the local hospitality. |
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Kathrin Nienhaus has just returned to Germany from Mongolia. Click on photograph to read her fascinating description of her journey with Tim Cope, and her impressions of Mongolia. |
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In
1950, CIA agent Douglas MacKiernan (left) and his young friend, former
student turned espionage agent, Frank Bessec, found themselves being
hunted across the Takla Makan desert by armed Chinese communists.
Their daring horseback escape across Western China and into Tibet, which
they thought had led them to safety, ended in tragedy. After fifty
years, the Top Secret diary which Bessec kept during this amazing
equestrian journey has been declassified by the American State Department
and is offered to the public for the first time by The Long Riders' Guild. Click on picture to read these rare documents. |
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