Kirsten Melis
Kirsten going Mongol Derby 2013
Fundraising for Cool Earth
Story
In 1224, Chinggis Khaan, set up the world's first long-distance postal transmission system in Mongolia. He was using a massive network of horse stations (morin urtuus in Mongolian) his hardy messengers could gallop from Kharkhorin to the Caspian sea in a number of days.
This is no guided tour, or pony trek. There is no marked course, no packed lunches, no shower block, no stabling. That’s the whole point of this event. It's just you, your team of horses, a thousand kilometres of Mongolian wilderness and your GPS. The rider must change horses at every station and deliver their mounts to their destination in mint condition. But how you navigate between them is where the adventure begins.
For ten days, the Mongol Derby recreates one of these legendary systems, building a network of urtuus (horse stations) at 40km intervals along the entire 1000km course. Each urtuu will consist of a small collection of gers, the canvas and felt tents which the nomads live in, a supply of fresh horses, a vet team and a few nomads.
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