Man Completed Trek in the Footsteps of Genghis Khan

Posted by Alex in Travel & Places, World Records on September 26, 2007 at 1:31 am


Australian man Tim Cope had just completed a 6,200 mile (10,000 km) journey on horseback from Mongolia to Hungary, following the footsteps of Genghis Khan. And boy did he find adventure along the way:

Both he and the animals faced much hardship as they endured life on the steppes of Asia and Central Europe, experiencing temperature ranging from minus 52C to plus 54C.

On two occasions his horses were stolen and even Tigon was taken whilst in Ukraine.

Mr Cope eventually found him nearly frozen to death, locked inside an ice filled mine shaft. It took hours in a hot sauna and a diet of raw eggs and vodka to revive the dog, who was not able to continue the journey for three weeks.

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One comment to "Man Completed Trek in the Footsteps of Genghis Khan"

  1. Eric D. Smith
    September 26th, 2007 at 10:46 am

    Just a point of order - Ghengis (or Chinggis) Khan died on campaign somewhere in the region of China, and the Mongol Empire had only stretched as far as about the Black Sea and the western “Middle East”. Tim Cope actually went well beyond that, heading as far west as Batu Khan’s incursions over a decade after Ghengis died, which makes the trek even more impressive.


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