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kathijo63's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
A great story with so many people pulling together to save these two!
katejones's review against another edition
2.0
'Feel good' horse rescue story, but I think it's more 'newspaper article' than 'book' worthy.
Almost more about the people digging than about the horses.
Here's the summary:
Man overestimates skills and makes a big navigation mistake, leaving his 2 pack horses too exhausted to follow him back down. He decided to let them loose, assuming they'll make it back to civilization on their own. The don't.
They get stuck high up a mountain in winter, freezing with no food at all, to very slowly starve to death. About 20 local volunteers rally and in the days that follow slowly dig a 1km long narrow trench to guide them out, and gradually reintroduce them to food. They end up at 2 different good homes. The end.
Almost more about the people digging than about the horses.
Here's the summary:
Man overestimates skills and makes a big navigation mistake, leaving his 2 pack horses too exhausted to follow him back down. He decided to let them loose, assuming they'll make it back to civilization on their own. The don't.
They get stuck high up a mountain in winter, freezing with no food at all, to very slowly starve to death. About 20 local volunteers rally and in the days that follow slowly dig a 1km long narrow trench to guide them out, and gradually reintroduce them to food. They end up at 2 different good homes. The end.
nerfherder86's review against another edition
4.0
A quick read, and a sweet story. Two horses are abandoned by their owner in the Rocky Mountains of Canada, when he gets stuck and can't go further up, and the horses won't go back down through a swamp. He tries to rescue them, but not very well--he thinks they will get themselves out! Snowmobilers and hikers spot them over the next few months, and eventually locals start to realize that the horses are starving and frostbitten and well and truly stuck. Winter has set in by now and the horses can't feed themselves, they've trampled the deep snow into a prison. So residents of the closest town spring into action as word of mouth spreads, and make incredible efforts to bring the horses some hay and vet care while they figure out how to rescue them. It's quite the undertaking in this wild countryside! Happy ending for everyone and just desserts for the guy who abandoned them. Has photographs of the rescue and many of the people involved in the rescue. Nice story about perseverance, kindness, and community.
arkansas_equestrian's review against another edition
3.0
Great story of two resilient horses abandoned in the mountains. When found, they had body scores of 1-2; which is near death.
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