THE LONG RIDERS' GUILD

 (Krystalargo to CuChullaine O'Reilly) 

"I have been reading a lot on the LONG RIDERS' GUILD website the past couple of days. So much to learn and enjoy!"   

(CuChullaine) Thank you! Together,(CuChullaine and Basha) we've dedicated 36 years of our lives to the creation of the Guild, its Academic Foundation website, and the LRG Press. But our efforts have helped to make the world a safer place for horses, who are no longer subjected to abuse while travelling, and have educated an adventurous new generation of young Long Riders. For example a couple are making plans to ride from France to Kamchatka. So our efforts have resulted in positive results. 

Let me provide you with helpful information that you can share on your website.

Here is information that explains the nature of the Guild's work.

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  The Long Riders' Guild is the world's first international association of equestrian explorers and long distance travellers.   

 
  With Members in forty-eight countries, every major equestrian explorer alive today belongs to the Guild, including Hadji Shamsuddin of Afghanistan, who recently rode a thousand miles through that war-zone, Jean-Louis Gouraud of France, who rode 3,000 miles from Paris to Moscow, Jing Li of Russia, who rode 5,500 miles across Siberia to China, Tim Cope of Australia, who rode 6,000 miles from Mongolia to Hungary, Claudia Gottet of Switzerland, who rode 8,000 miles from Arabia to the Alps, Adnan Azzam of Syria, who rode 10,000 miles from Madrid to Mecca, and Vladimir Fissenko of Russia, who rode 19,000 miles from Patagonia to Alaska.    
 

 More than a hundred of these extraordinary Long Riders are also Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society, including:    Sir John Ure KCMG LVO, who rode across the Andes -    Stephen McCutcheon, who undertook a ride from Delhi to Peking -    Gordon Naysmith, who rode 20,000 kilometres from South Africa to Austria -    Pedro Luiz de Aguiar, who at the age of seventy made an 19,000 kilometre journey in Latin America and -    Robin Hanbury-Tenison OBE, who has made a number of equestrian expeditions in all parts of the world, including riding the length of China’s Great Wall.    
  

The Long Riders' Guild website is the repository of the largest collection of equestrian travel information in human history.    
  www.thelongridersguild.com    
 

 Additionally The Long Riders' Guild Press currently publishes several hundred equestrian and travel titles in five languages, making it the world’s premier source of equestrian exploration wisdom.    
  www.horsetravelbooks.com    
 

 The Guild's Academic Foundation provides an open-source forum where scientists, poets, authors, and equestrian experts share their wisdom with the public. Every type of horse related knowledge is being investigated and published at this website, whose motto is "Science not Superstition."    
  www.lrgaf.org    
 

 Because The Guild donates the royalties from many of our titles to worthy causes, our publishing efforts and work have been acknowledged by the Prince of Wales and Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth.    
 

 The LRG accepts no advertising of any kind, and is therefore a trusted resource for thousands of regular visitors.  

  
  There are no dues or meetings involved in becoming a Member of The Guild. One is invited to join after having ridden a minimum of one thousand miles.    
 

 Nor will the person be awarded a silver trophy, a blue ribbon or a shiny big belt buckle from The Guild. All they will receive is the respect accorded to them by their fellow equestrian explorers, a respect earned by a elite group of men and women scattered around the globe, all of whom, like chose to saddle up their horse and then set out on a life-changing equestrian journey.  
 

 The Guild has mentored, supported or equipped more than 200 equestrian expeditions which have crossed every continent except Antarctica.  
  No request for assistance has ever been declined.