Mongolia
Surviving a forest run without decapitation
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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 21 August 2024
Updated on 21 August 2024
After fifteen minutes, the German guy claimed he couldn’t walk any further because his knee couldn’t handle that kind of distance, even though I distinctly remembered him asking me the day before if he could join me for a two-day hike in the mountains in case horse riding didn’t work out. Anyway, the English guys and I preferred being on the horses as well. My horse was actually easier to control while riding than when walking because it had a strong inclination to go left, which I had to compensate for by leaning my full weight against the horse to the right. The forest that followed was quite a challenge because our horses had no idea that our heads were much higher and our legs wider than theirs. I have no idea how, but we all made it through without decapitation or amputated legs.
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Traveled route: Ulaanbaatar, Kharkhorin, Hatgal, Khorgo, Tstetserleg, Red Waterfall, Zamiin-Uud
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Left alone, hoping to get some food
And then we were in front of our ger. The guide was nowhere to be found. We were starving because we hadn’t had lunch yet, and it was already 7:00 pm, watching another family emptying a sheep’s skull (oops, why are my cliffhangers still open?). �
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