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Stories from The Road - page 4
More thrilling adventures from Long Riders, past and present, all over the world.
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Not only had DC Vision never made an equestrian journey, he had never even mounted a horse! Yet that didn't stop the young man from Maine from completing a 14,000 mile spiritual odyssey through the United States. Click on the picture to read DC's story, "A Journey to Simplify Life." |
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Click on picture to read about the Overland
Westerners. In
1912, four riders embarked on a 20,000 mile cross-country trip they hoped would
bring them fortune and fame. It was called the ride of the century, a
20,000-mile, 3-year odyssey through desert, mountain, and swamp that four young
horsemen dreamed would make them famous. Instead, they rode into oblivion. |
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Though he is known today as "the father of
evolution," famous English biologist Charles Darwin was also an avid
equestrian traveler. During the five years in which he made his
scientific journey around the world, Darwin took every opportunity to
explore the continents of South America, Australia and Africa on
horseback. The scientist-turned-Long Rider wrote of "the pleasure of
living in the open air with the sky for a roof and the ground for a
table."
Click on picture to read about Charles Darwin's equestrian adventures on three continents during the 1830s. |
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Click on picture to read about Jean-Louis Gouraud's astonishing journey à la Turkmène from Paris to Moscow. |
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The Khamba warlord in Tibet had given George Patterson a deadly mission -
carry word to the outside world that the Chinese Communists were about to
secretly invade the mountain kingdom. The problem was that the winter
of 1949 had turned the mighty Himalayas into a wall of ice and the only trail
leading to India had never been traveled by horsemen! Could George and his
horse survive the snow covered journey and bring back help to his adopted
homeland? Click on picture to read the unbelievable equestrian episode "To Save a Country." |
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Click on picture to read how Lord Byron rode into the heart of mountainous Albania in 1809. |
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Click on the picture to read "Riding from the Flames", the thrilling story of a nineteenth century female equestrian explorer who rode straight through a raging forest fire! |
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Click on picture to read the blood-curdling tale of G. W. Ray's foray into the South American jungles in 1900. |
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He told his wife and family not to worry. What could possibly go wrong on a short 3,500 mile trot across the United States? But Mike Winter, and his mustang Apache, had no way of knowing they were riding straight into storm tossed trouble. Click on photograph to read the only story of its kind, "My Pal Apache," a miraculous tale of the horse and Long Rider who were struck by lightning! |
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Click on the photograph to read what Megan Son wrote about the journey she, Laurent Granier and Philippe Lansac made across Alaska. |
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