"[Honks]" "[Man] He keeps getting them in and getting..." "[Horse neighs]" "Gilley, you cannot eat this stuff." "[Man] You know what the best thing to do..." "Just pull it out like a comb." "[Groans]" " You all right, man?" " [Groans]" "Shit." "[Man] You all right, John?" "**" "[Man] I think maybe we should pick out" " the 20 that we most like." " That's what I was gonna say." " And then take the 10 out of those, or 12." " Yeah." "Yeah, I like some of this bunch." "[Man] Which one do you want?" " The bigger one." " The bigger sort with the..." "yeah." "[Man] What's going on here is we're taking..." "Each of these pens has about 30 horses." "And we're bringing them into an alley" "And analyzing them, looking at their feet," "Looking at their back, looking at their heads." "Then we're gonna take them into a separate pen," "Then do our final cut to get our string." "Three years ago, a couple friends and I rode" "Through several states in the west." "We were on a budget, and we needed horses." "So we went and adopted some wild mustangs" "From the bureau of land management." "The mustangs we adopted were pretty cheap," "But they out-performed our domestic horses" "In every way." "After that ride," "I couldn't stop thinking about all those horses" "Still in the holding pens," "And I wanted to do something about it." "I wanted to prove the worth of these mustangs." "My idea was a much more difficult journey," "This time using only mustangs" "That my three friends and I would adopt and train." "We're gonna take these horses," "And we're gonna ride them from Mexican to Canada" "Through the wildest terrain in Arizona, Utah," "Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana." "**" "My entire life, I've always heard" "Negative things about mustangs." "I really considered that to be our largest liability" "As far as taking this trip on." "Stepping into a round pen, a very small area" "With a wild animal, [Stammers]" "It's almost crazy." "Take the right rope." "You gotta just keep your head on a swivel," "Keep your..." "Your awareness about them" "And never get complacent because, you know," "As you get calm and comfortable around them," "That's when they'll turn around and kick you or bite you." "Don't release when he's kicking out." "We have 13 wild horses for this trip." "And it's gonna take us four months to train them." "Two professional trainers, Jerry Jones and Lenny leech," "Are gonna take them for the first 30 days." "After that, we're gonna train the horses" "For another three months and get them ready for the trip." "**" "The word many people use for wild horses is "mustangs,"" "And that's not a particular breed or a species." "That's just a folksy word for the wild horses we have" "On the Western landscape." "Not even to take on the whole, "are they native," "Or are they feral," but the question of, you know," "Do these horses have a right to be here?" "Yeah, absolutely they do." "Right, so..." "[Ben m.] Tom, Ben, jonny and I" "All went to school together at Texas am university." "We just graduated," "And it is the perfect time in our lives" "To go on a big adventure like this." "[Ben t.] I knew Ben in high school a little bit." "Then Ben moved to angelo, but we kind of stayed in touch." "And Ben was always doing stuff that I was like," "Well, I should be doing that." "You know what this is." "I mean, I was doing what mom and dad might say" "Or what society would say is like, "well, that's good."" "That's gonna help you get another step ahead" ""When you go look for a job and all that stuff."" "While I'm doing all that, I'm looking over," "And Ben's like, "I'm riding from Mexico to Canada."" "I'm gonna skip school."" "And I'm thinking the whole time, man," "If I was honest with myself, that's what I'd want to do." "The next 60 days, they're a loaded gun" " with the safety off, so..." " Yeah." "All right, buddy, here it comes." "[Grunting rhythmically]" "Keep that left foot forward." "My dad's very excited about the trip." "He thinks we're crazy for using mustangs." "One of his great passions in life" "Is breeding and raising horses." "You know, there's no selection other than natural selection" "That goes into mustang breeding." "It's good for us in the sense" "That these are very Hardy animals." "It's bad in that they all have" "A very deep-rooted wild streak." "Good." "[Ben m.] I feel like we have a lot in common with these horses." "There's not enough room out there for them." "And sometimes I feel like there's not enough room" "Out there for us." "I'm not 100% confident these horses are ready," "To be really honest." "One, two, three." "I vacillate between being scared to death" "And absolutely thrilled for them." "But I've decided the way I'm going to approach it" "Is every day that we don't hear something" "Tragic or negative will be the great day." "We'll just move on to the next." "I'm excited, but I'm scared to death." "And you will hold us in your hand..." "[Man] There's a lot of unknowns." "You wake up at 3:00 in the morning..." "As a parent, you're laying there in bed" "And something wakes you up, and you're just kinda," ""Okay, what's going on?"" " I'll be safe." " I'll love you too, mom." "I know you will be." "[Woman] You know, when we talk about the horses," ""Are the horses ready?"" "I'm worried about the horses" "Flipping out on a narrow trail" "And them going down, so that's my fear." " Don't do anything stupid." " I'll try not to." " I love you." " I love you, too." "The boys are probably a little over-confident." "But if they weren't, they wouldn't try it." "I'd rather them be that than scared to do it." "[Chattering]" "**" "[Car radio tuning]" "[Salsa music playing]" "Vamos a Canada!" "I'm in Mexico!" "You just push the button that has the camera on it." "Right?" " I got one, too." " [Laughing]" "[Man] What do you think, jonny?" "Think it's time to go." "Past six months, we've been planning to do it." "So let's do it." "Been waiting for this for a long time." "It's hard to believe we're here." " Good luck, bud." " Thanks, dad." " See you up the trail." " Yes, sir." "Yee-ha!" "Adios, Mexico!" "Well, the easy part's over now." "Aw, you stole my line." "Stole my line." "[Ben t.] I don't think there's enough quit in any of us" "That we're not gonna make it." "If we didn't make it, it darn sure wouldn't be" "For a stupid reason." "It wouldn't be because, you know," "I just couldn't get over tom's smelly feet." "It's not gonna be 'cause of that kind of stuff." "If we don't finish, I'd like to see what it is" "That makes us not finish," "Which maybe that's the whole point of the whole trip." "[Man] Come on, you can do it." "Attaboy." "No, we're definitely not lost," "But it is very dark." "Damn fences." "[Sighs deeply]" "[Ben m.] You're only as good as the tools you have." "And in my case, I'm only as good as the maps that I have." "What I read is a 30-mile day..." "Which is listed inside of the guidebook..." "Turned into a 40-mile day" "That took us into 2:00 in the morning." "I just wanna get somewhere where I can lay down and sleep." "I don't really care about eating." "I would like to never do that again." "Never." "**" "Okay, off to the next stop" "And meet the boys for the night." "My name is val geissler." "I come from Cody, Wyoming." "Gotta make sure there's water at the next trailhead." "I'm primarily here to help the boys out" "In the state of Arizona" "Because it's real rugged country, little water," "And it takes a fair amount of logistical support" "And planning to adequately supply the horses" "And to make sure" "That that portion of the trip goes smooth." "I gotta have somebody who will shuttle." "There's an old saying..." "Good judgment comes from experience." "Experience comes from bad judgment." "And sometimes that bad judgment can be pretty horrific." " This side of the wall..." " Come on." "I first met Ben in a pack trip he was doing," "And he had mustangs with him," "And I have a long background with mustangs." "I think they're great horses and well adapted for this situation," "And that's where this whole thing kind of got started out." "You guys wanna tie the horses up outside here?" "Of one thing about today worked out" "Smooth as snot was them coming in as we got here." "To all your help." "Thank you." "[Ben t.] I think we're fooling ourselves because we have val." " Was that more?" " [Laughing]" "This is gonna become a whole different trip" "After we lose val." "[Thomas] I grew up in the suburbs of Houston." "We had horses out at our family farm," "And that's where I really learned how to ride" "And really fell in love with riding horses," "And I try to get out there as much as I could," "And then the whole time I was there," "I was riding bareback, falling off," "Giving my mom a heart attack" "How much I fell off those horses," "But really learned just to enjoy riding." "Sixty Miles away from us in the superstition mountains," "Which I've heard are just incredible." "But between here and there is a flat cactus-infested..." "Apparently it's just big, big cholla flats." "Which is a cactus that has little segments," "And you by it and they break off" "And just attach to you, attach to the horses," "And once we get past this next 60 Miles," "I'll feel a lot better about getting into Canada." "Yeah, it'll be a test." "[Man] You all right, jonny?" "Oh, ho, ho." "Ho, ho, ho, ho." "Man, this is gonna be a friggin' bear." "He's got this crap all in him." "Shit." "[Grunts] Shit." "[Ben m.] So how you gonna get these off, Ben?" " He has them all over his ass." " I mean, they're everywhere." "You can't get those off standing back there." "All right, let's..." " Get the hell out of here." " Yeah." "[Ben m.] It took a few days to get the cactus" "Out of the horses, but after that," "We were all wondering what the hell" "We'd gotten ourselves into." "[Radio chatter]" "If they're reproducing at 20% a year," "Then obviously, we can all do the math," "And we're gonna have too many wild horses on the range." "I think it's completely irresponsible to say," ""Let them run, and let them self-regulate."" "A lot of people will say, "why don't you just" "Let nature take its course?"" "And I always like to say, "we can't do that" "Because of man's influence."" "Wild populations now don't have the ability to migrate" "Hundreds and hundreds of Miles" "Because of railroads and highways and fences." "There a term, an acronym." "It's aml" "If you're on the blm, you'll hear it all the time." "And what aml is is "appropriate management level,"" "And what that appropriate management level is" "Is the number of animals that that land can handle" "And support." "The only solution that blm has come up with" "That's been somewhat socially acceptable" "Is to take those horses, put them in captivity" " for the rest of their lives." " [Horses neigh]" "Well, it's a no-rules trip." "Want to have a down day, do whatever the hell I want." "You horses know how to take turns." "I like that." "I'm maybe the only one on the trail that says," "But there are times doing this, this sucks." "It's miserable." "Oh, shit." "Whoa." " As far as the horses go, - don't do it!" "Every one of them has a little weird quirk to them" "Where they're just a pain to deal with" "On some level." " Damn." " [Horse whinnies]" "They're your partners on this thing." "You have to get used to what..." "Just like with the other guys on the trail." "Really?" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Come here!" "Come on." "Get up!" " Get up!" " [Laughing]" "You... you refreshed?" "Something I've learned about myself on the trail" "Is i..." "I've known this for a long time," "But I'm either really in a good mood" "And wanna have fun and whatever..." "[Singing falsetto]" "Or I'm just a grouchy, negative bastard." "Get outta here with that shit." "And my horses, gill and simmie, kind of..." "The horse is the mirror to your soul, if you will." "Will is very much like happy-go-lucky Ben." "Probably better stop that, gill." "Kind of..." "He is kind of the trip dog." "I let him run loose most of the time" "If I'm not riding him, and then simmie," "Simmie is business Ben." "Like, he's grouchy, doesn't put up with much shit." "This guy, he's not a morning horse." "He's lazy, he complains a lot in the mornings." "That's definitely me, so..." "Violet was the horse that, at the beginning of this trip," "I thought wouldn't make it." "He was skinny." "He wasn't obeying very well." "And since we've begun, he has muscled up." "He's gained probably 100 pounds." "He's still stepping out strong," "And he is the perfect trail horse." "And that is fastly becoming my favorite horse." "I don't know if you can..." "Let me hold his..." "You see the big muscle right here?" " See you don't see it there?" " Oh, yeah." "So what he's done is that's basically a popeye muscle." "That muscle's been torn in two." "So this horse is done." "Oh, man." "And I'll talk to Ben about what we do." "[Ben m.] I mean, to put it real blunt," "I could have killed Violet." "I'll never leave a halter on a horse again." "Good." "I just wish it wasn't my best horse." "Are you certain that there's no going back?" " I mean, he's done?" " He's done for this ride." "I'll let you read the..." "There's no doubt about it, I put it in a position" "Where it could have gotten hurt," "And all it did was reach up to scratch its face," "And a shoe that I put on there caught it by the halter" "And tore its leg, and fortunately," "The halter broke, but if it hadn't," "That horse would have killed himself." "[Sighs]" "I got the trailer." "I got smokey." "Isn't any problem for me to pack him back home for you." "We could always pray for a miracle." "I don't have a problem with that." "[Ben m.] Before Violet got injured, jonny came to me," "And he said, "listen, that horse can get injured"" "With that halter, and I just said..." "I kind of blew him off thinking," "This is the way I've seen it done in the back country." "He said, "all right, you know, I'm just gonna warn you"" "That horse could get hurt," and he was right." "[Jonny] My grandfather, Jonathan calvert," "Who I'm named after, was a marine." "And he's always been a big inspiration." "In addition to being a marine," "He's also a big adventurer." "He climbed the tallest Mountain" "On every continent except for Everest." "He made it halfway up Everest and had to turn around" "Because of weather when he was 73 years old." "People have said that I'm like him" "And that we're both with gee on one foot and no on the other." "We both like to cover country." "Wow, look at this view." "Whoo!" "Look at this trail!" "Leading up to the grand canyon," "I was a little nervous about it." "We couldn't find anyone" "Who had taken horses rim to rim." "Oh, we're gonna die." " Oh, dear God." " [Shudders]" "Ben, if there's a snake or a loose rock" "Or a plastic bag or anything, we're all dead." "Holy shit." "That is scary." "[Ben m.] Whose idea was it to go through the grand canyon?" "[Ben t.] Just the way it had to be done." "Oh, God, simmie, no!" "Don't look down." "[Fake scream]" " [Nervous laughter]" " Holy smokes." "Oh, my gosh, dude." "[Ben m.] Now I understand why nobody takes horses" "Through the grand canyon." "It's bad. [Laughs] It's real bad." "We did it." "Yeah, we're proud of you guys." "Took us two days." "How long did it take you guys?" " [Man] Six and half hours." " Oh." "Go on, get your fill." "[Laughs]" " [Energetic music plays] - [Laughs] Boy!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" " [Whoops]" " Hi-ho, silver!" "[Shouting]" "[Laughs] You're bleeding from your mouth." " I got shot." " [Laughing]" "Mo-rons." "I am surrounded by mo-rons." " [Men] Round 'em up, hey!" " [Music stops]" "But you know, you do get bored sitting on the horse." "I'll be honest, you get bored." "And we all have books in our saddlebags," "And it's pretty funny looking back" "And seeing everybody the reins around the horn" "Just reading a book." ""50 shades of grey."" "I'm not really sure why I'm reading it," "But I'm kind of sucked in." "So gotta finish it." "I think tom's got it next." "And then Ben's gonna read it after him, so..." "[Sighs]" "He's kind of holding his guy up a little bit." "[Val] Yeah." "I mean, we can all tell that he's certainly not normal." "I think that's the first thing I better do" "Is run by Kevin's and make..." "Let him make an evaluation and go from there." "[Thomas] Came down here this morning," "And tamale is lame." "We're gonna take him into the vet in kanab," "See what it is, and hopefully it's not too bad," "And we'll get my buddy back in a couple days." "It's been great being with my boys for this period of time." "I need to get back up into Wyoming." "Cindy and I take care of a forest service cabin" "In the mountains." "I look forward to seeing them" "In a couple of months when they ride through." "You guys'll do great." "You got off to a great start." "You done a great job, and i..." "[Sighs]" "I can't tell you..." "What it's meant to me and that." " Okay, son, I love you." " I love you, too." "You're the man." "We'll see you." " Val." " See you on the other side." " Love you." " Love you, too." "Here I go getting soft again." " Okay." " We'll be in touch, val." "Oh, yeah, we'll be in touch." "See you later." " You drive safe, all right?" " Okay." "[Thomas] He had mentioned to us..." "He was picturing his son doing what we were doing" "As if he was alive." "It got really emotional and teary and all that stuff." "You could just see his love for what we were doing and for us." "Forty-some-odd years ago," "My 4-year-old boy was kicked and killed by a horse." "I see... i see in the boys" "Maybe what, uh..." "What my boy might have been." "[Man speaks over cell phone]" "Sounds good, val." "Thank you very much." ""Tamale bode attended."" " Blue attended?" " Bode." "Bode?" "I'm sorry, he's out." "Let's just hope we keep the rest of the horses healthy" "And don't have any more injuries because" "It definitely breaks your heart to see one of these guys go" "After they've pulled through so far." "[Laughs] Look at him!" "Oh..." "Who's a happy horsey?" "Well, here's to 700 Miles completed" "And only... 2,300 left to go." " One state down." " Whoo!" "Ya-hoo!" "[Trills and whoops]" " Adios, Arizona!" " [Laughs]" "[Ben m.] Without val, our main concern" "Is finding water in this arid landscape" "In Southern Utah." "And there will be days when we're gonna have to go 20 Miles" "Just to go from one water source to the next." "[Robert] We have a lot of public land in the west," "And that public land seems limitless" "When you drive across it, but it is limited." "People don't understand" "How hard it is to make a living here" "And just how much space it takes" "For a 1,000-pound animal to make a living." "When you look out across the dry lake," "There's a dry lake..." "There's no forage" "Out there whatsoever, so along the edges of this," "We had some green up, and though management practices" "Of the blm, we've concentrated livestock," "Both domestic and the wild horses in these areas." "Here, you see this plant is eat-out," "And the crown is completely exposed." "There's another one here and here." "These are going to die." "About all we have left..." "Plants like this," "Which is halogeton," "Highly toxic to domestic livestock." "This is a prime example of a poisonous," "Noxious weed that comes in and disturbs surfaces." "That's very appetizing to a cow." "A couple plants of that" "And she'll go to water and be dead." "[Cattle mooing]" "Livestock can be managed by the season of use" "That they graze an area, and if we have an area" "Where there's not enough forage or not enough water," "The livestock are gonna be removed immediately." "Wild horses, on the other hand, you know," "That's a challenge because they graze 24/7, 365 days a year." "[Jj] These cattle are gonna go home for the winter." "They're not gonna be here, but the horses" "In the diamond complex will be here trying to winter." "They will eat sage when they're starved." "And as you can see," "There's absolutely no forage value in this," "And when horses are hungry and they chew this up" "And eat it, it'll literally make a crow's nest" "In their intestines, and when it does," "They will colic, and they will die." "[French accent] Tonight for dinner" "We will have cornbread" "And yellow rice jambalaya" "With our sea monkeys." "[Normal voice] I'm rather skeptical" "'Cause I'm not the biggest fan of peeled shrimp to begin with," "Much less dehydrated peeled shrimp." "When you're in college, you're always dreading the day" "You graduate and actually have to get a real job" "And start your adult life, if you will." "Clean that off pretty good." "Get the ashes out of it." "So I feel like this trip is the perfect thing" "To kind of hold onto that freedom a little bit more." "Jeez Louise, getting hot in this kitchen." "Personal hygiene?" "Gone." "It's gotten to the point where I stink so bad" "That there is no point in even trying to contain it." " Smell that stuff first, man." " Nope." "My sleeping bag..." "I mean, you could clear a street with it." "[Groans approvingly]" "This is a good meal to put lots of hot sauce on." "Probably settle down after this, but..." "[Farting]" " As of now..." " That's so wrong!" "I'm not quite ready to do that yet." "[Farts]" "And I'm not ready to buy a house and get married" "And have kids yet." "I wanna have fun and do some crazy adventure" "Like this while I can." "Hey, masters!" "Masters!" "[Grunting]" "Phil?" "Say it." "Three, two, one, go!" "[Distant gunshots]" "[Folksy music plays]" "[Man] * turning in * the grain again * the bells began to chime * time, she says * there's no turning back * keep your eyes on the tracks * * through the fields * somewhere, there's blue" "* time will tell * she'll see us through" "Django loves his snow cones." "Simmie likes to complain." "He's figured out he can groan." "[High-pitched groan]" "[Laughs]" "[Bellows]" "**" "[Man humming]" "Ben masters." "Ben, nice to meet you." " Tom glover." " Tom." " Okay, let's..." " All righty, let's go." "[Ben m] Unfortunately, in Arizona, we lost two good horses." "The good news is both of those horses" "Are gonna be fine in the long run." "[Thomas] We got in touch with heath weber," "Who's a very fine mustang trainer here in Utah," "Works for the blm" "Really a wealth of knowledge." "He really helped us out a lot," "Brought us three really good horses." "If you guys were still cool with me riding," "I was just gonna ride him tomorrow." " For sure, man." " Yeah, definitely." "We'd love to have you." "The trail's awesome." "Love mustangs." "[Thomas] First day with our three new horses" "Heath weber brought us," "So far, they're doing really well." "This little bay that I'm on right now," "He's really been mothering all day." "On a pretty steep, rocky trail," "And they're keeping up." "We have heath here, who brought us three mustangs." "And then we've got west and his 8-year-old son" "Coming along with us for the ride today." "We took this..." "According to the map... 4-wheel-drive road which a vehicle has never been up," "And now we just got cliffed out." "Come on." "A lot of these maps show roads" "That have been around for 20, 30 years." "The forest service closes them occasionally." "So I figured, you know, it'll be fine." "The country we've been going through" "Was really rough..." "High desert," "Not much water." "Up above was a plateau." "The plateaus are heavily wooded" "And have a lot of streams and Springs" "And have a lot of water." "It was already about 4:00 or 5:00" "In the afternoon." "The horses hadn't drank all day." "If we were going to backtrack and go around," "We had no idea when we'd find water again" "Or how long it would take us." "So we had to make a decision." " [Rocks falling]" " Go, go, go, go, go, go!" "Good job." "Good job." "[Grunts]" "[Laughing]" "Went a little hot on that one, whoo." "We have to talk to masters" "About how he reads the GPS, aren't we?" "Yeah, because this sucks." "[Sighs] One, two, three go?" "One, two, three go." "Well, so far, so good." "Only one more horse to go." " Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up!" " Shit, just take a break." "Just let him..." "Up, up, up, up, up!" "Oh, shit!" "Up, up, up, up!" "Tie a rope to that horn and get around the tree." " Come on!" " Up, up, up!" " Don't get below that horse!" " Up!" "Up!" "Get a rope on that horn..." "Saddle!" "Up!" "Up!" "Easy, boy, easy." "Get him!" "Get him!" "He's going!" "He's going!" "Looks like he's moving all right." " Holy..." " Holy smokes" "Hyah, come on!" "Hyah!" "Hyah, hyah!" " Hey!" "Hey!" " Come on, hyah!" "Holy shit!" " [Whoops] - [Sighs]" "Oh, my God." "He got burned right here on his shoulder, too." "Yesterday was a pretty prime example" "Of why we're using mustangs." "Out of all 14 horses," "We only really had trouble with one of them" "Crossing that ledge, and it was this guy." "He took a pretty good tumble off of it," "But take a lot to..." "Break these bones." "He's pretty stout." "Well..." "Well-built mustang." "So, yeah, we're definitely learning from our mistakes," "And, you know, it's a trip of self-discovery." "If you think about these horses in the wild," "Sometimes, they're traveling 15, 20 Miles" "A day, easy, or more between water and forage." "That's typical what you guys are doing on your horses" "In this trip, so it's not unnatural" "For these horses to travel this many Miles." "This isn't an undue hardship on these horses by any means." "In fact, I think they're bred" "For this exact type, you know, of activity." "* it's cold and windy * but we're happy" "Looks like y'all need to get through this gate, too." "Okay." "Well, have a good day." "No, you can't go through my property. [Sighs]" "This is the perfect example of..." "Public/private land in the west." "You have this beautiful nice valley." "That's private, and then we got" "A bunch of steep hillsides and cliff faces." "That's public on the sides." "This quarter-mile of private land" "That we can't go through" "Is gonna cost us about... 2,000 feet of elevation gain" "And half a day's worth of travel." "This trip wouldn't be possible without public land." "Lucky for us," "There's over 600 million acres of it in the United States," "Including a continuous stretch" "North to South through the west." "But mostly it's in the mountains," "The canyons, deserts, the gnarly country." "It took over two years to plan the route," "But sometimes the trails on maps" "Don't exist in real life." "And sometimes mother nature" "Just doesn't give a damn how well we plan." "So we're going across dead horse Ridge." "Beautiful." "Dead horse Ridge, huh?" " Yep." " Great." "Challenge accepted." "I wonder if there's a we're fucked falls somewhere." "[Laughing]" "Are you sure this is a good idea" "Going up to 11,000 feet this early?" "Definitely a gamble going this high." "[Ben m.] Skyline road offered..." "Over 100 Miles of dead-straight north travel." "And it was just beautiful on the map." "I mean, we were gonna cover so much ground so fast," "It was just gonna be awesome." "But in reality, it was a snowy," "Wet, muddy mess." "Whatever we do... 10,800 feet is too high." " Yep." " Right now." "[Ben t.] We were loose-herding five of the horses," "As we'd been doing for a while." "When we got down off the snow," "There was a group of four-wheelers and dirt-bikers" "That were kind of off in the distance," "But that..." "[Imitates revving engine]" "And these horses were rounded up by helicopter." "So that low throbbing sound of an engine?" "So they immediately associated the sound" "Of that four-Wheeler with fear." "Just looked at me and just turned around and just..." "[Ben m.] That guy is just going right to where" "All those horses just spooked out of there." "Hey!" "I did what I thought was best," "And that was get the horses that I could," "Get them tied up to trees," "Make sure that we didn't lose all of our horses." "[Jonny] They ran off about 3:15." "I took after them on cricket," "And tom started following not too far behind me." "Unfortunately, my mad dash on cricket," "He threw a shoe, so I ended up" "Having to continue on foot." "It's now about 6:15." "Gotta ride about two Miles down the..." "Or probably three Miles down the road" "From a guy on a four-Wheeler." "Was able to catch the horses' tracks again." "There you can see their tracks." "They're still going down this road." "Really hope they didn't get all the way back" "To our campsite on I-70" "Because then it will be a very long night." "[Ben t.] Tom and I were behind jonny." "We could follow his tracks." "And knowing that jonny was ahead of us out there" "Somewhere by himself, that really kept me moving." "I feel worthless just sitting here," "Especially if they have to spend the entire night outside" "Without sleeping bags and tents." "If I was in their shoes," "What I would want me to do right now is stay put." "[Camera chimes]" "It's, uh, almost 11:00." "I tracked the horses all the way down to where we camped," "And they kept on going down the road." "I'm kind of at a loss right now as to what to do." "So I'm gonna turn in for the night" "And try and find them first thing in the morning." "[Ben t.] We didn't think we were probably gonna find" "Johnny that night, and so we just stopped" "And made a big fire." "[Telephone line beeps]" " Howdy." " Thamer, tell me the news." "Yo..." "Why don't y'all just push the horses back up" "And we just go on to manti from here?" "So you guys are just not gonna ride the 30 Miles," "And do Mexico to Canada except for 30 Miles?" "Oh, you're the man." "We tracked these guys all the way back" "To that power line, past where we found that baby o." "And only took us 27 hours." "Masters is calling all, "we gotta get back" "And have a little chant," so I'll meet y'all up there." " What's he whining about?" " What do you think?" " Us trailering the horses?" " Yeah." "Well, he can lick on my..." "[Thomas] By the end of it, when we caught those last two horses" "And got them all back together, I looked down at my GPS" "And there's a green line that tracks where the GPS goes" "And tracks where we go, and, yeah, it looked like" "A 4-year-old playing on an etch a sketch." "To get those horses under control," "They took them to a ranch, which was driving" "About 40 Miles from where I was at" "But on the north side." "[Cell phone dialing]" "All right, masters, you got all three of us." "All right, well, I'm glad everything went all right." "What's looking the best to us" "Is you ride down to, um..." " Palisade." " Palisade lake." "So to palisade lake," "And then we'll ride down there and meet you." "So you guys don't wanna ride with us" "Or come up here and ride down?" "Y'all don't wanna do entirely border to border?" "Well, I mean, we couldn't really get a trailer up there." "No, but we have enough horses" "Where if y'all brought your saddles," "We could send all the pack saddles with jon" "Down to the bottom and we could just ride the horses" "That we have up here down." "I mean, if someone wants to say "I did border to border,"" "They can say whatever they want," "But I've walked and rode 40 damn Miles" "In the past 26 hours," "So I don't really give a flying shit." " You there?" " All right, man." "If you're sure about it, yeah, yeah." "Um, I just wanted to finish border to border with everybody." "Well, I mean, you're still gonna have border to border" "With everyone because we went 40 Miles without you." "[Laughs]" "Y'all did it in a vehicle, though, not on horseback." "[Static] You, man!" "Did it in a vehicle?" "I don't wanna hear your lip about us not doing" "The real deal right now because..." "I'm not giving you lip, jonny, all I'm saying..." "No, no, no, no, no!" "It's a done..." "It's a done deal." "[Ben m.] It's just important for me to finish as a group" "All the way from the Mexican border" "To the Canadian border" "And to miss 30 Miles, there's just no point in it." "There were gonna have to come back and get me." "And then just ride the horses that I have here north," "It would be the same amount of time." "I guess the perfectly simple plan" "Just never occurred to them." "I just feel like he was trying to create drama, which is..." "What you said earlier is so true." "It just drives him nuts when he's out of control." "[Ben m.] They ended up hitching a ride up to where I was at." "So with the horses that I had contained," "We were able to continue on the ride" "So that we did every single mile together." "I missed that..." "I missed that windy," "Blowy weather when everything went right." "[Laughs]" "Good to see you, fellas." "[Sighs] Been a hell of a couple days." "After a 40-mile epic journey." "**" "[Laughs]" "You get that?" "!" "We're just engaged in another game" "Of "who's got the bigger dick when it comes"" "To choosing the route, jonny or Ben?"" "Every single day, I'm stuck on the GPS" "I'm looking at the maps." "You know, I don't know where we are." "I've never been here before, but from the information" "That I have, this is the best route" "That I think we can take." "And then you got jonny in the back" "With the freakin' iPhone saying, "no, no, no, no, no."" "We need to take this road."" "[Jonny] I like to think I'm not a drone." "I follow masters every day," "And he's usually pretty spot-on with that GPS," "But when the GPS is wrong and we have to bushwhack," "You know, if I see a better route," "I'm gonna take it." "I'm not gonna just follow someone blind." "Getting down is a little too steep." "We thought we were on the right side of the creek." "We weren't, so me and jonny kind of bushwhacked it down." "Had to do a little equine self-arrest." "Did a little equine skiing if you will." "How's was your route?" "Worked out real good." "Just followed the creek bottom and..." "That looks interesting." "That's what it's all about right there." "It's not worth stressing about 'cause you're not gonna change" "How those guys operate, so..." "Might as well just relax and have a good time." "How long you been out driving around looking?" " Since this morning." " [Laughs]" "She's really tame," "But I think leading her is gonna be the..." "Did you bring us a burro in a serape?" "Oh, donquita!" "[Laughs]" "[Chattering]" "[Laughing]" "She made her entrance." "[Braying]" "Yay!" "I'm so happy." "Finally get a little fun." "[Heath] When I dropped off the three horses a couple weeks ago," "Thamer asked me about the burros" "And if I had a burro to bring him," "And I just happened to have one." "Oh, that's perfect." "[Chattering]" "Take that bug, Brandon!" "What?" "!" "Donkey whisperer." "The donkey definitely adds a little flavor to our outfit." "A little South of the border flavor." "That's pretty good, Ben." "Yeah, she has no idea what she just got herself into, though." "Tch-tch-tch-tch-tch!" "Shit!" "**" "[Ben m.] Now I like donkeys." "But I think it's gonna be a complete disaster." "I just don't think a donkey can do 20 Miles a day" "Over rough terrain keeping up with full-sized horses." "It's just not big enough." "I give the donkey a couple weeks." "Maybe you'll just follow along peacefully." "Or maybe we'll be minus a donkey." "Come on, donkey." "Come on, donkey!" "**" "You have a lot of time to just think by yourself." "You find yourself thinking much more deeply." "Probably already mapped out my life" "About 100 times." "I think about what makes the world go round" "And whether you're gonna help keep it spinning." "[Woman] So in June, we in the cloud foundation" "Filed a petition with the U.S. fish and wildlife service" "To list north American wild horses on public lands" "As threatened or endangered" "Under the endangered species act." "The argument that we're managing them to extinction," "You know, the data and the experts" "That look very carefully at that data" "That are indeed experts say just the opposite." "And that report says we have more horses now" "On the rangeland than we've ever had before" "And that the population has done nothing but grow" "Even though we've tried to reduce it" "Because of the limitations on the tools" "And the money we have." "I have seen the horses starve to death with my own eyes." "I've watched them eat each other's manes and tails." "I have seen a foal nursing" "Its dead mother," "And I would much rather see these horses managed" "So we did not get to that point." "They're not in danger or becoming extinct" "In the diamond mountains of Nevada for sure," "I can promise you that." "[Groans]" "[Howls]" "Yeah, let's do the shave first." "A little nervous about it." " I want it to be..." " A typical business haircut?" " Business in the front." " Leave the party in the back?" "The party in the back." "She's got it down." "And this is the only barbershop I've been in" "That allows you to drink beer while you get your hair cut." " That's right." "Looking a little redneck-ier." "Now I do declare, I look like a Southern gentleman." " Oh, my God." " [Laughs]" "[Crowd chattering, "stars and stripes forever" playing]" "Time to celebrate America." "Whoo!" "Adios!" "I got a phone call yesterday from Katie bischoff," "Which is tom's girlfriend" "Telling me that she's gonna be here at 6:45." "Tom doesn't know it, but tom," "Being fourth of July, is extremely drunk," "And I don't even know if he's gonna be able" "To speak words to her." "Fourth of July here in Jackson, Wyoming." "We're gonna us a good time." "[Laughs] I'm so nervous." "Booga-booga-booga-booga-booga." "[Laughs]" "What's up..." "Oh, my God!" "[Laughing]" "[Crash, thump]" "[Laughs]" "**" "[Announcer] Call this great nation home!" "Let's hear it one time for our great nation," "The United States of America!" "* guess who is knocking on the door * * guess who is knocking on the door * * guess who is knocking on the door... *" "Give 'em hell, Tommy!" "Whoo!" "[Rock music playing]" "* lie on the grave, young man *" "Leave forward!" "Lean forwar... oh!" "* out of the wild..." "Whoo!" "Here's to America!" "Whoo!" "[Announcer shouts]" "* guess who is knocking on the door * * guess who is knocking on the door *" " [katie] Nice surprise?" " [Tom] Best fourth ever." "* I'm knocking on the door *" "That was so much fun." "[Music ends]" "Jackson was a nice break," "But I was ready to get out of there." "Come on." "Come on." "Oh, cricket!" "[Ben t.] I'm worried about my donkey." "Not that I can help her." "Right over the..." " Is he gonna go under it?" " Holy shit." " She jumped the high bar!" " That was graceful." "[In distance] Come on, donkey." " Cricket's dead." " What?" " Yeah." " What happened?" "I don't know, man." "He's dead." "Thamer and I were cooking dinner." "All of a sudden, the horses took off." "And so I had mine tied up." "So I saddled him up." "So did thamer and masters." "And went to go look for them." "Found some of 'em." "Found one down." "Sure enough, dead." "Hey, buddy." "Could have broken his neck and he..." "Severed his esophagus or windpipe or something." "Gonna miss you, bud." "A little piece of cricket's going to Canada, so..." "Hopefully, wherever horses go, he'll know that." "[Ben m.] We don't know how cricket died." "And I think in a way," "It was fitting of a mustang" "Not to die in somebody's stall" "Or in a folding facility." "He was in the back country." "He was 15 Miles from the nearest road." "He was living with other mustangs" "Eating good Mountain grass." "It was just his time, but I like to think" "He died a happy horse, not in a pen somewhere." "[Gus] The whole issue of gathering wild horses" "Or burros is very controversial." "It's very emotional, but it's a necessity" "For managing the resource." "We have a number of people that show up to these gathers," "And they all have their point of view," "And I've seen where we've had screaming matches." "We've had people that are just trying to do" "Whatever they can to shut down the gather operation" "Because they don't like what's going on." "In these places where wild horses are allowed to be," "Our government has a mandate to protect wild horses." "Private ranching actually" "Is a privilege which is allowed." "When drought conditions or something happens" "That we lose the capability to offer that grazing" "On public lands," "It's the private ranchers that should be backing off." "[Jj] Where you start to see the push-back from the ranchers" "Is when there are so many horses," "And the blm comes out in the spring and they tell you," ""The range doesn't look very good."" "We're not going to allow you to put all your cows" ""Out there this year or any of your cows out there,"" "And the reason why is you had horses on it" "For 12 months already," "And they have eaten everything as it came up." "You know, if there was a more fair allocation of resources" "That left some room for wild horses," "We'd have a more balanced system." "You're asking us to give to a point where we're not" "Financially and economically viable." "Do we as a people really only care about things" "That make money?" "The bank, to be quite honest, doesn't care" "That you can't turn your cows out on that permit." "If you owe them several million dollars," "They're expecting several hundred thousand dollars" "Every six or every 12 months," "However you happen to have it written up." "Our adoption demand used to be 8,000 or 9,000" "A year nationally." "We recently adopted less than 3,000." "What do we do with the excess wild horses" "That we have to remove?" "When we've only been adopting less than 3,000," "That means 5,000 or 6,000 horses a year" "Are not being adopted which are being added" "To our short-term and long-term pastures." "Putting them in holding facilities is a temporary fix," "But then those get overcrowded," "So we definitely need to figure out something" "To do with all these horses." "It's just not possible to adopt enough of these horses out" "To really be a viable solution to the problem." "[Ben m.] But they're still multiplying at a huge rate in the wild" "And those holding facilities are all full," "And all the long-term holding facility's full." "There's gotta be a point where we quit, you know," "Pansying around and just do something about it." "[Neighs]" "[Horse whinnies]" "[Music playing]" "* oh, there's a river that winds on forever *" "* I'm gonna see where it leads * * oh, there's a Mountain that no man has mounted *" "* I'm gonna stand on the peak * no time for pondering * why I'm a-wanderin'" "* to the ends of the earth would you follow me?" "*" "* there's a world that was meant for our eyes to see * * to the ends of the earth would you follow me?" "* * if you won't, I will say my goodbyes to thee... *" "[Ben m.] It's not all about reaching the goal." "It's not about..." "Getting this big list of things that you've accomplished." "That goal of reaching the Canadian line" "Isn't as powerful as, you know, the impact" "Going through this land has made on me." "It's made me kind of realize that more important" "Than the accumulating of stuff" "Is, you know, conserving what we have right now." "Right there." "[Laughs] Oh, my God!" "Whoa!" "Stay on, stay on." "Oh, crap." "Whoa!" "[Hoots]" "Oh, man!" "Dang it!" "[Grunts]" "What the heck?" "[Thunder rumbles]" "Oh, there it is." "Oh, my God, it's another huge fish." "I think I got this one set a little better." "There's been a lot of times in my life" "Where fly fishing" "Has kind of gotten me into some binds." "Skipped a lot of school." "That... is a big..." "Trout." "Look at that red." "[Laughs] See you, buddy!" "Wow." "Look at these skies." "Yeah, this is one of the coolest times" "I've ever had." "This is as good as it gets." "I just couldn't stop fishing." "There was clouds building up and..." "The risk of getting hit by lightning" "Was worth the reward of catching 20-inch cutthroats." "It was just the best day of fishing I ever had." "**" "Yeah!" "[Laughs]" "There's a lot of work to be done" "To ensure that the wild lands" "Of America" "Have a viable future." "The opportunities we have are just unreal" "Compared to people in other parts of the world." "I don't think everyone realizes that." "The old val square knot." " We made it!" " [Woman] Yay!" "Look at that guy running." "[Laughs]" "Hey, Ben, how are you?" " Good to see you." " Good to see you." " Hey!" "Hi, son!" " Hey, val!" " How are you?" " Good to see you!" " Hi, son!" " Hey, val!" " How are you?" " Good." " Son, how are you?" "Okay!" " Good." " Good to see you." " All right, by golly, all right." " Got me a new haircut." " Oh, yeah!" "All right!" "How do our horses look?" "They look good." "They look excellent." "They've done a heck of a job." "Yes, they have, by golly." "Okay." " Good to see you, val." " Same here, son, same here." "How's your summer going?" "Summer is going great." "Violet's doing good." "Good." " Jonny, where are you, son?" " Right here." " Okay." " Thank you, val." "Val, knock out that last piece of bacon." "We can cut it in, what, six or seven pieces." "I'm tickled that my boys are here." "And we have bacon!" "[Val] And you have bacon." "[Laughs]" "Well, let's see if I can work through this thing." "[Playing guitar]" "This is a little bit more of the upbeat." "* well, border to border * * from old Mexico * they ride" "* two Bens, tom, and jonny * towards the Canadian sky *" "* wild horses moving easy * young cowboys riding free *" "* yeah, it's border to border * * 'cause that's the way they planned it to be... **" "Yellowstone park, here we are." "Finally made it to yellowstone." " Val." " Okay, son." " Keep 'em on their toes." " Do good." " Love ya." " Love you, too." "[Both grunt]" "Love ya, do good, son." "You guys be safe and I'll be thinking about you." "Thank again for everything that you've done for us" "And the song, I mean..." "See you in a couple months after we get to the border." "It'll be good." " All right, we're outta here." " All right, val." " See you, buddy." " Take care." " Love you, val!" " Love you, too, son!" " We'll see you in a couple months -yep!" "**" "[Ben m.] You know, over 100 years ago" "Teddy Roosevelt came and visited this exact area," "And he camped just right up the river," "And, uh, it was part of the inspiration" "That made him, as president," "Enact hundreds of thousands of acres" "Of national forests and national park," "And it's pretty cool to think that what we see today," "It's exactly what he saw 100 years ago," "And 100 years from now," "It's gonna be exactly the same as what we're looking at today." "That's pretty neat." "No matter how beautiful a country is," "At some point, it becomes a test of endurance." "That's where we're at." "Let's get through it, man." "Tuck and go." "That's disgusting." "Yum." "[Insects buzzing]" "[Whoops]" "We've already been on the trail" "Close to four months, and I'd say" "I just really started having fun." "I'd say my only regret so far is that my buddies" "Tamale and cricket aren't still with me." "Hopefully, tamale's ready to meet back up with us" "The last couple weeks." "When Violet got hurt, I sent him back with val" "To Cody because we were gonna be crossing" "Through the same country and thinking, you know," "He's gonna have a three-month break," "And let's see how his leg heals and make an assessment" "After three months, and hopefully," "If he's doing well, we'll bring him on board" "Through the state of Montana." "And I felt that you possibly" "Could bring him back," "But he'd definitely need reconditioning and stuff" "Before they did that." "[Ben t.] The difference between" "A healthy horse going in to what we're doing" "And a horse that's coming off an injury" "Is very, very different, very different." "It all started when we poured Jim beam into plastic bottles." "All I'm trying to tell you" "Is bringing a horse off an injury" "That was the result of your own negligent action" "Back on the trail" "After not conditioning him, not having seen him..." "According to val who knows..." "Those two are like oil and water" "At this point, it seems like." "Money, so we're talking about money." "You're gonna risk a horse's health" "Because you're worried about how much he's gonna bring you." " No, no..." " And, no, no!" "No, shut the fuck up!" "And I'm gonna throw the gauntlet down right now..." "Don't know why y'all" "Are attacking me about bringing him out!" "I'm not even planning on bringing him out!" " It's a retarded decision!" " I'm not planning on bringing him out!" " Get the fuck outta my face." " You're sitting here yelling at me" " for something I'm not even..." " I asked you if you" "Were planning on getting him out here..." "It's so hard to convince Ben something's a bad idea" "Unless you just really get after him" "And that's just kind of how you have to communicate" "With masters if you want anything to sink in." "We've done this entire thing as a team." "If you guys truly believe that he's gonna be a hindrance" "On us getting through Montana, then let's not take him." "I don't think tamale should come back." "If tamale goes lame, I'll be the first one to admit" "It was a bad decision." "**" "Isn't one thing, it's another out here." "Rain, hail, heat." "Shit." "[Thunder rumbles]" "Can't feel my hands." "[Music playing]" "* the highway lines, they come and go * * with every mile and stretch of road * * the lights are out, but it's all right * * we're gonna make it home tonight *" "* another chance to sing a song * * in hopes to keep your worries gone * * so pour you one and drink it down * * we'll sing into the early morn *" "One!" "Two!" "Three!" "Four!" "* gather 'round and stomp the floor * * and shout, hey, hey, hey!" "* * we're never gonna die * a toast, hey, hey, hey!" "* * for love we stand and death we fight * * hold them high, boys * we're gonna raise some hell tonight **" "No one's gonna top this in our posterity." "I don't think." "Maybe, but I doubt it." "You can run a marathon." "You can hike across the great wall." "You can do a lot of things, but you can't do this." "I mean, this is..." "For crazy people, really, but." "[Helicopter whirring in distance]" "Well, as long as our wind doesn't pick up too bad," "We should be okay" "Going through these fires," "But we're cutting it close." "[Jonny] My dad just rolled up with tamale." "Good to have him back on the trail" "After three months of having him gone." "Just keep poultices on him." "Poultice him once a day." " He looks good." " Got a little back fat." "Tamale!" "Are you testing that poultice, jon?" " Huh?" " Testing the poultice?" "How's tamale doing?" "He's traveling a little bit better." "See how much heat he has in it." "Earlier, it was pretty hot." "I could actually feel heat through that bandage." "I'll probably just soak him in the creek for an hour or two" "And then some of the poultice." "[Ben m.] Jonny decided to bring his horse" "Into the largest wilderness complex in the lower 48" "With no exit plan" "While there's a bunch of raging fires going on." "Just talked to some packers and found out" "That the pass that we wanted to take" "Is engulfed in flames." "Yeah, that right there is the pass." "Damn." "That is new." "Crap." "My route was to go right along through here" "'Cause you're got the entire Chinese wall" "Blocking it off." "But now this is burning." "And I don't have a rock face for this six Miles." "So theoretically, it could jump." "But I don't think it would, but it could." "If it does, you don't have an escape." "You've got the wall on one side and fire on the other." "So we can go up the South fork" "To the sun, take that trail." "I feel more comfortable doing that." "[Grunts]" "Not much room for error," "And just hope the wind doesn't pick up." "I don't mind dropping out." "Doing what needs to be done..." "[Chattering]" "[Ben m.] There is nothing that I could have said" "That would have made him feel any worse" "Than him listening to his own lecture that he gave me." "What good what it have done if I was like," ""Jonny, you idiot"?" "I'm sure fitzy hates having to eat crow on that deal." "We would have made sure to be like, "yeah, told you."" "Masters did a good job of staying humble through that." "I don't think I'd have been able to resist that opportunity." "See you in a couple days." "[Ben m.] I started this thing with one mission," "And that's to get my entire crew to that Canadian border" "And the get all these horses to that Canadian border." "And I've failed on getting all the horses there." "But I wanna get my entire crew there," "And if that means sucking a little pride," "I can suck some pride." "**" "[Jonny] I would like to see as many mustangs adopted as possible" "If it's done responsibly," "But the fact of the matter is" "When you adopt one of those horses," "More often than not," "You're gonna have to spend 90 to 100 days" "Working with that animal every day." "And there aren't very many people" "That have that kind of time to commit to it." "Adopting a mustang's a big responsibility." "If we took the appropriate management level that's defined now... 25,000, 28,000..." "And we aggressively used the contraceptive tools" "That are available, we could reduce the growth rate" "Of that base population to the point" "That the surplus that we need to take off" "Of the landscape would meet the adoption demand," "And that would be totally sustainable." "So there is a solution." "[Jj] We want to coexist." "We strongly believe in the multiple-use concept..." "Recreation, wildlife, wild horses, livestock..." "Everybody gets to share in these lands," "But it is share in these lands." "I think we should look at how many horses" "We need to have there to have viable wild horse herds." "[Robert] There will be groups on both sides" "That will never be happy with anything in the middle." "If there's no compromise and we throw up our hands" "And stop managing," "Then that's the worst-case scenario" "For horses, for wildlife, public lands," "And everybody that cares about them." "[Bird chatters in distance]" "We're almost to glacier national park," "And park regulation is we can only take eight horses through." "So we're gonna have to leave five of them behind" "In east glacier and pick 'em up on our way home." "So for a lot of these horses, it's their last day." "You ready to be done?" "Your duties as protector of the heard are over." "Aw, yeah." "Feels good." "[Laughs] Yeah." "Shake your tongue." "You definitely get used to this way of life," "But it's a hard way of life." "You know, I don't care what masters says." "This isn't easy." "[Laughs]" "People like to think that, oh," "We're just going for a walk in the park on these horses" " it's a lot of work." " It's been fun." "But, you know, I'm over..." "Living in the woods." "Ben, are you feeling all right?" "Anybody that say, like, "oh, I wanna be a cowboy" "And live out in the woods my whole life and blah blah"..." "Except Ben masters." "I think he could happily do it." "[Ben m.] We're four days from being done," "But we're a long ways from the border." "We have got some brutal days through glacier national park." "We can smell the finish line." "It'll take a couple weeks or maybe a couple months," "And then we'll wish we were right back out here" "When we realize how dull and boring normal life is" "Compared to this." "**" "[Camera shutter clicks]" "[Grunts]" "[Sighs deeply, chuckles]" "That's pretty cool." "There's two big boys right here." " [Moose grunting]" " Just behind camp." "I'm glad we came through here." "Yeah, not on the stinkin' highway." "This beats a road any day." "That is a view." "Man, that's gotta be Canada." "It's only ten Miles, straight line." " Canada!" " That's the drainage we're going up." "Yeah, that's the belly river." "[Whoops]" "[Laughs]" "Wow, we finally see it!" "[Ben m.] The other guys up yet?" "[Man] Jonny is, that's it." "That's all right." "No hurry on the last morning." "We all know it's the last morning," "And, you know, looking forward to being done, but," "At least for me, it doesn't really feel" "Like I thought it would, you know?" "I don't think it any way compares" "To the feeling we all had" "When we were leaving the border." "I'm not getting to the end, I guess," "With as strong a sense of accomplishment" "As I was expecting." "Looking back on the trip so far," "I'd probably say things that stick in my mind the most" "Are those times where it was extremely difficult" "And I was by myself." "We're there, man." "Whoa, no, we're not there." "Still have ten Miles." "We're there." "We got sound horses" "And ten Miles, ten easy Miles." "If something goes bad now, it'll be a freak event." " I should not say stuff..." " I don't like this talk." "[Laughs]" "Let's blow this taco stand." "Come on, gray horse, you're almost there." "**" "Yeah, go ahead." "What's up?" "Okay, everything okay?" "Now how do I get to Lee Ridge?" "Here, I got it." "[Mother] We go back..." "It's just down the hill a bit." "Do we know that's Lee Ridge?" "**" "What's going on?" "I'm stopping here." "My dad's meeting me at the..." "Lee Ridge trailhead just right up the hill." "He's gonna pick me up there," "And I'm gonna meet y'all at the border." "That might be a little hard to understand," "But part of me just kind of feels" "Like leaving the last mile undone." "So we've come this entire way as a team," "And you wanna finish by yourself." "Well, I'm finishing a mile from the border." "Why?" "I got a million reasons, which we don't have the time," "And y'all probably don't have the patience" "To hear me enumerate," "But... it's just something that I wanna do." "I just think sometimes there's beauty" "In leaving some things undone." "Jonny!" "I just don't..." "I can't put it together." "In a way, it kind of hurts." "Makes you wonder why he would wanna leave us and..." "He's just eccentric's all it is." "[Father] There he is." "Howdy, howdy." "[Mother] Howdy, howdy, buddy boy!" " Congratulations, man." " Thank you." " Hi, buddy, - congratulations, buddy." "I see it!" "[Jonny] Leaving a mile." " What?" " What's that?" "Leaving a mile for good luck." "You're gonna leave a mile for good luck." "Leaving a mile for good luck." "Yes!" "Whoo-hoo!" " Whoo!" " Whoo!" "[Ben m.] I was furious, man." "I know I put on a good show, but, like..." " Nice work, Ben!" " Whoo!" "I feel like I failed because I didn't meet the goal" "That I had set for myself." "He realized how important it was" "For me to finish as a unit." "Like, we had done every single inch" "All the way from Mexico to Canada." "And that was a success." "It was us finishing." "In my mind, he stripped me of that success by quitting." "I still don't understand why jonny quit" "With just a mile left to go." "But in the end, in spite of everything" "I believed this journey to be," "The mile doesn't really matter." "What matters is the land and these horses" "That have proven themselves time and time again." "There's an honesty in their actions" "That I really admire." "And I'm grateful." "The future of our wild horses," "Wildlife and us depend" "On the management choices that we make today." "And I hope to God that in 100 years," "There's still a back country route" "To ride from Mexico to Canada." "And that'll require sacrifice" "And a society willing to face difficult decisions." "And a really good horse." "**" "[Val] Yeah, ride, you young cowboys." "Ride on." "[Yodeling]" "* well, it's border to border * * from old Mexico" " * they ride - [Cheers and applause] * two Bens, tom, and jonny * towards the Canadian sky * * wild horses moving easy * young cowboys riding free" "[Laughing] * yeah, it's border to border * * 'cause that's the way they planned it to be *" " * so ride on - [Shouting] * ride on * young cowboys 'cause this is your dream *" "* ride on, young cowboys * ride on..." "This is what you get right here filming out on the lake..." "A little leech action." "* now you've gathered up these mustangs * * broke 'em for they are the kind * * to cross the wide deserts * deep canyons * climb mountains high * through rattlesnakes and cactus * * sparse feed, short water... *" "Never seen this many flowers in my dreams," "Much less in my life." "* through the snow-covered mountains * * tall grass and clear-flowing streams... *" "Jonny want food!" "* now breaking these mustangs * * hey, it sure tested..." "Wrong way, simmie!" "* but you hung in there * 'cause you knew they were the kind for this trip * * they've proven their mettle *" "* and, boy, you've sure proven yours * -[Gunshot] * through scorching-hot days... *" " how do feel?" "!" " Whoo!" "This is what it's all about right here!" "* now step down, step down * * young cowboys * you've fulfilled your dream * step down, step down * you've made the Canadian line *" "* step down, step down * you now fulfilled your dream *" "[Yodeling]" "[Song ends]" "**"