Tents, saddles, parkas, and the kitchen sink. Discussions of expeditionary equipment.
Everything from plane tickets to fundraising to mapping routes across a land without maps.
Everything about Mongolia you ever wanted to know, and some things you didn’t.
Other equine explorers, daring documentarians, and adventurers in Asia.
Learning Mongolian and getting fit are just a few of the preparations I need to make.
Mongolian herding techniques are considerably different from those of the cowboys of North America. Long sticks looped with rope are used instead of lassos, and once the livestock is separated from the herd, the herdsmen will often work from the ground, rather than their horse. You can see an example in this video of a competition:
When I decided to do this project on horseback, I decided that I should probably learn a bit about the horses that I will be dealing with in Mongolia. Though the exact origins of the …
One of the areas of travel planning that I have relatively little experience in is airline ticket booking. In the past, I have typically just gone to Kayak or CheapoAir and bought the cheapest non-insane …
Mongolia is a country with very few paved roads, as well as very few official roads in general. While this is not a problem for me due to the fact that I will be traveling …
I am incredibly lucky that Arlington, VA has the second highest population of Mongolians in the country (after San Francisco), and they are primarily located in our general vicinity. There are so …
Mongolia: How the winter of ‘white death’ devastated nomads’ way of life
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/20/mongolia-nomads-livestock-winter-poverty