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Across Africa on Horseback - Billy Brenchley and Christy Henchie have
encountered a number of surprises during their epic equestrian journey from
the top of Tunisia to the bottom of South Africa. They’ve outwitted
recalcitrant border guards, survived the loss of one of their horses,
crossed the deserts of Sudan, and floated their expedition down the Nile on
a river boat. But upon arrived in Uganda, they were required to tell the
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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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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.
Published in English for the first time, click on picture to read Ria's
hair-raising adventure "My Horse, My Husband and I."
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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. |
