I served in the US Army for 11 years I
was in 10th Special Forces Group did all
my time at deployments to Afghanistan
diagnosed PTSD pretty bad anxiety and
for a long time eight nine months I
didn’t want to leave the house at all
I went on a horse packing trip with an
outfit called heroes and horses last
year and they take combat veterans to
the mountains and I went on that trip
and all a sudden I found purpose and it
fundamentally changed my life I’m trying
to get to Manhattan Montana and when I
get there I’m going to donate all my
tack and all my ponies to heroes and
horses so I believe this program is
amazing and it’s going to help a lot of
veterans
a friend of mine that I worked with in
the backcountry he was also a veteran
committed suicide about a month ago so
when I heard that Ray was riding 1,000
miles from Colorado to Montana along the
Continental Divide seek healing through
horses and wilderness I asked to come
along I myself have completed two
similar long distance rides and feel a
bond with Ray it’s got the Yellowstone
yeah
that’s pretty cool it’s so freakin cool
then hats off to that buffalo for
standing his ground
I’ve been carrying this rod-and-reel
around since Colorado we haven’t caught
one fish yet
yeah this is sent to the third typically
bad luck sketch fish on the first cast
nice your spot holy crap
there you are yeah here we go now we’re
talking Yellowstone cutthroat trout
catching up break
oh hi Smith one I got a lighter nice
dollars probably the fastest I’ve ever
seen 15 Michigan that was pretty
good
part of the reason why I did this trip
is for my buddy Clint who just passed
away two weeks ago now I wasn’t able to
go to his funeral and I thought you know
this is the perfect way to come out and
honor our friendship and you good times
I think so too so it’s a Clint it’s all
the guys that took their lives for
reasons that we never understand
the mules are just amazing critters they
give you lots of love and affection a
lot more than I Mara does this is the
first time I’ve been able to come up to
him he’s been laying down without him
standing up this is so cool I tried in
the other mule hey buddy hey boy these
ponies
they absolutely trust me now they agree
and that makes me feel really good
these ponies have an amazing ability
once you gain their trust they care for
you they believe in you and they look
for you for leadership when someone’s
looking for you for leadership you can’t
fail them and that’s an amazing thing
you stop worrying about yourself
I haven’t learned anything new about
myself on this trip I just found things
that I had once lost it’s really easy to
get in a pattern of self defeat and I
think that’s where I was at and this
challenge made me realize that there was
nothing wrong with me
you
was in 10th Special Forces Group did all
my time at deployments to Afghanistan
diagnosed PTSD pretty bad anxiety and
for a long time eight nine months I
didn’t want to leave the house at all
I went on a horse packing trip with an
outfit called heroes and horses last
year and they take combat veterans to
the mountains and I went on that trip
and all a sudden I found purpose and it
fundamentally changed my life I’m trying
to get to Manhattan Montana and when I
get there I’m going to donate all my
tack and all my ponies to heroes and
horses so I believe this program is
amazing and it’s going to help a lot of
veterans
a friend of mine that I worked with in
the backcountry he was also a veteran
committed suicide about a month ago so
when I heard that Ray was riding 1,000
miles from Colorado to Montana along the
Continental Divide seek healing through
horses and wilderness I asked to come
along I myself have completed two
similar long distance rides and feel a
bond with Ray it’s got the Yellowstone
yeah
that’s pretty cool it’s so freakin cool
then hats off to that buffalo for
standing his ground
I’ve been carrying this rod-and-reel
around since Colorado we haven’t caught
one fish yet
yeah this is sent to the third typically
bad luck sketch fish on the first cast
nice your spot holy crap
there you are yeah here we go now we’re
talking Yellowstone cutthroat trout
catching up break
oh hi Smith one I got a lighter nice
dollars probably the fastest I’ve ever
seen 15 Michigan that was pretty
good
part of the reason why I did this trip
is for my buddy Clint who just passed
away two weeks ago now I wasn’t able to
go to his funeral and I thought you know
this is the perfect way to come out and
honor our friendship and you good times
I think so too so it’s a Clint it’s all
the guys that took their lives for
reasons that we never understand
the mules are just amazing critters they
give you lots of love and affection a
lot more than I Mara does this is the
first time I’ve been able to come up to
him he’s been laying down without him
standing up this is so cool I tried in
the other mule hey buddy hey boy these
ponies
they absolutely trust me now they agree
and that makes me feel really good
these ponies have an amazing ability
once you gain their trust they care for
you they believe in you and they look
for you for leadership when someone’s
looking for you for leadership you can’t
fail them and that’s an amazing thing
you stop worrying about yourself
I haven’t learned anything new about
myself on this trip I just found things
that I had once lost it’s really easy to
get in a pattern of self defeat and I
think that’s where I was at and this
challenge made me realize that there was
nothing wrong with me
you
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