{"id":28681,"date":"2023-12-04T00:10:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T23:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.denis-katzer.de\/third-summary-the-first-adventurous-400-kilometers-of-riding\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T16:32:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T15:32:23","slug":"third-summary-the-first-adventurous-400-kilometers-of-riding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denis-katzer.de\/en\/third-summary-the-first-adventurous-400-kilometers-of-riding\/","title":{"rendered":"Third summary – The first adventurous 400 kilometers of riding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Evening atmosphere in the camp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Because Sharga bites and lashes out, we have to tie his legs together for shoeing. Picture: Denis Katzer, Bilgee and Ulzii<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Onset of winter on September 8 in Mongolia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the way to M\u00f6r\u00f6n, the coldest city in Mongolia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View from our tent of a beautiful landscape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We survive the first onset of winter with snowfall and strong winds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Denis Katzer, Bilgee and Ulzii join forces to pull the horse-drawn cart up a pass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Town sign of the village of Raschant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We stock up on supplies in the village of Raschant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Venue for wrestling matches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An ovol towers into the blue sky on a mountain peak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the way to the northern town of M\u00f6r\u00f6n by horse and cart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Denis sets up the solar panels to have the necessary energy for live reporting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Steppe covered in stubble in northern Mongolia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Evening mood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another onset of winter. Ulzii and a nomad boy warm themselves by the campfire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In the morning we are hit by another onset of winter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Denis Katzer rode up a mountain to scout out a suitable route<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n

As soon as we had left the bilge camp behind us, Tenger shied away. Ulzii got scared and let him go, whereupon Tenger fled with his entire load. Bilgee took up the chase and was fortunately able to catch him again. Thus began the adventurous journey through a strange land. Our dog Mogi enjoyed his new freedom, at least until he discovered his hunting instinct and began to snatch sheep and goats. From then on, we tied him to the horse-drawn cart.<\/p>\n\n

The autumn colors surprised us with their beauty. We crossed fairytale forests, worked our way over passes and mountains. The draught horses had a hard time pulling the heavily laden wagon up the steeply ascending paths and tracks. Bilgee’s inventiveness was particularly in demand on the other side of the valley. We used sticks and logs to slow the vehicle down and prevent it from crashing into rocks or falling into a ravine. Due to the difficult, sometimes stony terrain, Bor and Sharga lost one or two horseshoes. For the first time in my life I was forced to re-shoe horses.<\/p>\n\n

The first snowstorm taught us the hard way back on September 12. At this early time of year, the thermometer dropped to minus 8 \u00b0C at night. We began to doubt whether we would ever reach the far north of Mongolia without freezing to death. Ulzii suffered more and more from the cold. His mood fluctuated. We weren’t sure whether he would hold out. On some days, the sun warmed us again. We had a happy and harmonious time, especially on the Selenge River. Hunger, eternally cold feet, fingers and face characterized the days until we reached our camp shortly before the coldest town in Mongolia, M\u00f6r\u00f6n. Ultzii left us that very evening. “I’m getting too cold,” he said and had a relative pick him up by car. The thought of whether Bilgee would now also leave and our expedition was already at an end after the first 400 kilometers frightened us. The next morning, however, he showed his true strength by simply taking over Ultzii’s work. We reached the village and were welcomed by Saraa, with whom I had only had email contact until that day.<\/p>\n\n

We look forward to your comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As soon as we had left the bilge camp behind us, Tenger shied away. Ulzii got scared and let him go, whereupon Tenger fled with his entire load. Bilgee took up the chase and was fortunately able to catch him again. Thus began the adventurous journey through a strange land. Our dog Mogi enjoyed his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mongolei-expedition-die-online-tagebuecher-jahr-2012","category-mongolei-expedition-the-online-diaries-year-2011"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/denis-katzer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/denis-katzer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/denis-katzer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denis-katzer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denis-katzer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28681"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/denis-katzer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28697,"href":"https:\/\/denis-katzer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28681\/revisions\/28697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/denis-katzer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denis-katzer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denis-katzer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}