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Stories from The Road - page 5
More thrilling adventures from Long Riders, past and present, all over the world.
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No one needed to tell Ria Bosman Naysmith it was impossible to ride
across the continent of Africa - because no one in living memory had tried
! The list of obstacles to horse and rider read like a "Who's Who of
Danger." Lions, Guerrillas, Deserts, Disease - Ria found all
those and more. |
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Click on picture to read how Count Rzewuski of Poland rode to Arabia in search of the fabled horses of the Hijaz in 1817. |
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Click on the picture to read about the fantastic exploit of Cossack Mikhail Asseyev, who rode from Kiev to Paris (1,646 miles) in 33 days at an average of more than 50 miles a day - and arrived with his horses in better condition than when they set off! |
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Click on the picture to read CuChullaine O'Reilly's "In Search of Equestrian Freedom", the story behind the founding of The Long Riders' Guild. |
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Click on picture to read the hair-raising story of Harry de Windt's winter crossing of Persia in 1891. |
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Click on picture to read an amusing episode during Verne Albright's amazing ride with two Peruvian Pasos. |
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Click on picture to read an amusing description of the Burmese pony who accompanied George Younghusband to Siam in 1887. |
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Tex Cashner rode from Ohio to Texas - back in 1951! Click on the photograph to read his previously-unpublished tale of triumph and tragedy. |
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Click on the picture to read the amazing tale of one of the youngest people ever to become a Long Rider. |
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Click on picture to find out how Joe Goodwin became the only Long Rider in the 20th century to survive a gunfight with Mexican bandits. |
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