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Re: [RC] World Records? - rides2far@xxxxxxxxDoes anyone know who has the record for the "Longest Endurance ride on one horse"? Just happened to be reading a 2002 Trail Rider magazine that I traded for to read on the plane coming home from MOTDRA... If you forget the vetting their records went to: 1st place: Dmitry Peshkov who "rode 5,500 miles across Siberia in the winter of 1889 arriving to a heros welcome in St. Petersburg in 193 days" (kinda hard to imagine) 2nd was another Russian (maybe the Vodka just made them *think* they did this?? Mikhail Vasilieitch Aseev rode to Paris, France from Kiev Russia ...2200 miles in 33 days...but he used 2 cavalry mares averaging 100 kilometers a day. According to the article, Peshkov & his horse were described by an American newspaperman as follows: "The Cossack turned out to be a small man with a face of mahogany darkness from the exposure of the winds of Siberia. His horse was a big barreled gray pony about 14 hands high. The horse was all barrel, hams, and shoulders. His pace was a fast walk that carried him over the ground at five miles an hour" That "big barreled" line kinda gives me hope for 7... Angie ____________________________________________________________ Want to put your personal touch on your home? Click for home improvement ideas and tips. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw2eRIa2tDMo4ZFh6tCK55i7kF88vnUPs84VPbzYo677rHwIo/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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