On Horseback from Canada to South America

Written by Mark White on February 28, 2007 - 4 Comments Download audio file onhorseba!k"m#$%

at ste#hanie-sas Crai& and Mark and some friends talk about a horseba!k 'ourney from Canada to (outh )meri!a" Craig* +ne ni&ht Mark and , !ame u# with an idea for a &reat tri#" ,t started-we were talkin& about horses and-you know that , really lo.e horses-and then we were also talkin& about (outh )meri!a and, you know-how-it would be !ool to tra.el down to maybe /ierra del Fue&o-you know, like-down there, like-a lot of the !ountryside is similar to Canada-like, it is beautiful-you know0 1ou ha.e ri.ers and lakes and mountains-like, you ha.e-'ust in!redible nature and you !ould ride for thousands of kilometers-you know, 'ust on horseba!k-so we were talkin& about that, and !ame u# with the idea of maybe a!tually startin& in 2orth )meri!a like maybe Canada or )laska" /here is already, like-there are a!tually old trails that &o down-like from Canada down into the-you know, the heart of the (tates-and you !ould !ontinue like all the way down throu&h Central and (outh )meri!a, maybe on horseba!k" Mark* ,f you &ot a lot of #eo#le on a horse, like, you !ould &o from-you know, Winni#e&-like Winni#e& is in the middle-you !ould &o downCraig* -3ike follow the ri.er routes down, like-you know, a!tually there was a father and son that , read about that4 they went by !anoe-a!tually from Winni#e& and they went all the wayMark* -to 3ouisiana0 Craig* 1eah-"and then they went"""like somehow they ended u# like &oin& , think down throu&h to the )ma5on and like they made their way all the way by ri.er #assa&e all the way to (outh )meri!a-so , mean you !ould do the same thin& -like, on horseba!klike, you know-find old trails like the )##ala!hian trail-and you know-down throu&h 2orth )meri!a at least-and then (outh )meri!aMark* 1eah" 1ou !ould &et a bi& &rou# of #eo#le like from all different !ountries who

wanted to &o on this 'ourney and of !ourse some #eo#le !ould &o on the whole 'ourneyand some #eo#le !ould meet-for two weeks or one week or one month, and you knowCraig* )nd 'oin in-'oin outMark* 1eahCraig* )nd ha.e it-, dunno, somehow do!umented-the tri# on the web-"you know0