Epic ride through the Americas close to completion
A High German adventurer is crossing the Alaskan wilderness on horseback, nearing the cease of 1 of the most remarkable equestrian journeys inwards history. His epic trip began nearly 20 years before inwards Patagonia, close the southern tip of South America.
Guenter Wamser is currently out of contact, but is around sure enough nearing the cease of his epic journey, during which he has covered to a greater extent than than 25,000 kilometers (15,535 miles).
In 1994, Guenter, an bird mechanic past times trade, prepare out from Patagonia on horseback amongst the intention or riding due north to the go past times of Alaska.
CuChullaine O’Reilly, a founding fellow member of the Long Riders’ Guild, the international association of equestrian explorers together with long-distance riders, reports that Wamser is instantly deep inwards the Alaskan back-country together with is expected to live nearing the cease of his expedition.
His journeying took him from Argentine Republic into Chile, Bolivia, Peru, together with Ecuador. He reached the go past times of South America 5 years later, inwards 1999.
In 2001, Wamser resumed his ride, taking iv years to hand United Mexican States after riding through Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, together with Guatemala.
He crossed Mexico, but his Criollo horses were non permitted entry into the U.S.A. because they were institute to live infected amongst the tropical protozoan disease, equine piroplasmosis.
They were rehomed together with Guenter adopted iv formerly wild mustangs, which had been captured past times the Bureau of Land Management together with retrained past times prison theater inmates inwards Canon City, Colorado, every bit run of a rehabilitation program.
In 2007, Guenter together with his traveling friend, Austrian-born Sonja Endlweber, began riding the Continental Divide Trail, heading due north through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, together with Montana before entering Canada.
They wintered over inwards the Yukon together with receive got since used the northern summertime to force due north to consummate the ride.
Wamser, who was born inwards 1959, had worked initially every bit an aircraft mechanic but, at the historic catamenia of 25, took a unlike course. He started to travel, source amongst a motorbike. After a few years, he discovered the joys of traveling amongst horses.
O’Reilly describes Wamser, who is also a founding fellow member of the Long Riders’ Guild, every bit a talented writer together with a fine photographer.
“He is also rightly considered Germany’s most of import living equestrian explorer.
“During the many years together with the thousands of miles he has ridden, he has successfully survived tremendous dangers, overcome incredible challenges together with e'er treated his horses amongst the utmost kindness.
“He is, inwards a word, a fine instance of the equestrian ethics which the international Long Riders’ Guild strives to promote.”
O’Reilly noted: “By using Criollos from the pampas, together with Mustangs from the plains, both parts of Guenter’s amazing journeying receive got been done on native horses which originated at either cease of the Americas.
“These smashing horses terms rattling footling but receive got turned out to live extraordinary examples of how good, potent native horses are so good suited for equestrian travel.
“If at that topographic point is a modern ‘hero of the mustang’, which represents both North together with South America, so Guenter Wamser has earned that honor!”
O’Reilly says he had been observing amongst increasing alert the rise levels of Equus caballus fail together with abandonment, amongst many Equus caballus owners struggling due to tough economical times.
“In contrast to abandonment together with cruelty, Guenter together with his horses are a stark reminder of the incredibly rich emotional sense which horses together with humans both attain when they prepare off on a long journeying together.
“During his many years inwards the saddle, this High German Long Rider has literally ridden thousands of miles.
“Yet his handling of his horses has e'er been of paramount importance. He has never rushed them, abused them or over-ridden either the Criollos or the mustangs.
“That is why, fifty-fifty though his BLM mustangs receive got traveled thousands of miles across some of the world’s most challenging terrain, Guenter’s horses are all inwards superb condition.
“Guenter is thence a smashing instance of how an ethical equestrian traveler tin overcome all kinds of dangers together with challenges, all the spell remaining truthful to his horses together with protecting their interests.”
Ride website: www.abenteuerreiter.de/2013/
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