19 year old Brit wins Mongol Derby

[Keel M.]

It is the longest, toughest, possibly the dirtiest, probably the most insane, horse race on earth.

ABC News “Nightline” followed 30 extreme adventurers as they tore at high speeds across the wilds of Outer Mongolia. They are attempting the fearsome Mongol Derby. And for the first time ever, most of them are women.

Among this year's competitors, three Americans. First there's Devan Horn, the 20-year-old hotshot from Houston, convinced there is only one reason to be here: to win. Lynne Gilbert is a lifelong equestrian from Virginia. At 55, she is one of the oldest contestants. And there's Tom Burk, a 23-year-old Texan college grad who recently entered the corporate workforce.

“I guess you could call it a quarter-life crisis,” he said.

With a final blessing by a Buddhist monk, it's showtime and the riders are off. There is no marked trail, no set path. Riders have a crude map, a GPS and their guts to guide them.

Over the next several days, they will charge their way through 25 checkpoints, changing horses at each one, covering at least two marathons each day on their 620-mile journey.

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Edited October 10, 2013 by Child of Bast

[Mr.United_Nations]

Already been posted few months back i think

[Keel M.]

Well I guess I'm so behind the times I should just quit posting anything "new".

Edited October 10, 2013 by Child of Bast