Sea 2 Shining Sea Ride
Sea 2 Shining Sea is a yearlong virtual ride on Icelandic Horses. This 4,000 mile ‘ride’ follows the historical Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine and the historical Oregon Trail from Missouri to Oregon. The ride begins on January 7, 2024 ending December 31, 2024. Each checkpoint will count for 200 miles or about 50 hours of riding. (Actual distances between locations may be slightly more or less than 200 miles)
Riders can participate as individuals or in teams. All participants must be USIHC members throughout the ride to log their hours. Participants log their time riding which is converted to distance at 4 miles-per-hour. If you are riding as part of a team you should log your individual time. The website credits your rides to the team you joined. Teams may have up to six riders.
Horses used in the ride must be Icelandic horses, either fully registered or having obtained a participation number from USIHC after being DNA verified. Registered horses do not have to be registered in the United States, any FEIF member country’s registry or WorldFengur is acceptable.
Prior to participating in the ride, please review the 2024 Sea 2 Shining Sea Rules.
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S2SS Progress
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Teams Leaderboard
1
Ice Trekkers
5,483.00
2
Northcountry Tolters
4,299.00
3
Merrimack Valley Icelandics
4,294.20
4
Tolt-A-Holics
4,150.00
5
Arctic Alaska Riders
3,479.60
6
Astounding Alfadans
3,309.32
7
Toppur Tolters
2,901.88
8
Hestafolk Central
2,739.32
9
Solfaxi
1,985.00
10
Hestafolk North
1,732.00
11
Awesome Alfadans
1,653.68
12
Sirius Tolting Trekkers
1,443.80
13
Síglaðir Tölters
1,294.00
14
Merry Mares of Maryland
1,280.20
15
Tolting Trailblazers
1,113.20
16
AIHA
1,109.00
17
Amazing Alfadans
612.20
18
Hestafolk South
586.00
19
Team Windhorse
62.00
20
Cedar Tree Icelandics
48.00
Individual Leaderboard
1
Raven Flores (Ice Trekkers)
1,688.00
2
Claudia Salzer (Ice Trekkers)
1,516.00
3
Martina Gates (Northcountry Tolters)
1,464.00
4
Sabrina Drake (Ice Trekkers)
1,444.00
5
Daniel Coverdell (Arctic Alaska Riders)
1,289.72
6
Shelby Walker (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
1,237.00
7
Christine Snyder (Solfaxi)
1,210.00
8
Scott Smith (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
1,148.00
9
Sarah Wood (Tolting Trailblazers)
1,113.20
10
Misty Bohnert (Arctic Alaska Riders)
1,075.64
Show/Hide Full Standings
11
Shauna Flanigan (Astounding Alfadans)
1,072.40
12
Cynthia Niebuhr (Toppur Tolters)
1,053.32
13
Rob Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
964.00
14
Lisa McKeen (Hestafolk North)
932.00
15
Doreen Shoda (Hestafolk Central)
900.00
16
Ron Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
884.00
17
Brigit Huwyler (Northcountry Tolters)
858.00
18
Latifia Rodriguez (Individual)
827.40
19
Susan Matheke (Individual)
822.68
20
Susan Gibbons (Individual)
810.92
21
Alexandra Venable (Awesome Alfadans)
804.00
22
Leah Greenberger (Northcountry Tolters)
803.00
23
VALERIE MOORE (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
794.00
24
AMY KEELER (Individual)
761.88
25
RJ West
746.00
26
Madie Richenstein (Astounding Alfadans)
720.00
27
Judy Skogen (Hestafolk Central)
718.00
28
Iris Heidberg (Síglaðir Tölters)
688.00
29
Lauren Murphy (Hestafolk Central)
668.52
30
Kathryn L Kalan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
655.20
31
Nancy Radebaugh (Tolt-A-Holics)
632.00
32
Samantha Harrigan (Astounding Alfadans)
616.00
33
Pierre Lessard (Individual)
614.00
34
Jana L. Strait (Toppur Tolters)
608.40
35
Heather Skopik (Solfaxi)
608.00
36
Shellie Greyhavens (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
602.80
37
"Nilla" Anna Pernilla Ekström-Rypka (Individual)
588.00
38
Jaime Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
575.00
39
Shawn Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
551.00
40
Deborah Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
544.00
41
Mary Sackinger (Arctic Alaska Riders)
544.00
42
Amy Clifton (Astounding Alfadans)
522.72
43
Heleen Heyning (Northcountry Tolters)
516.00
44
Tony Strait (Toppur Tolters)
506.60
45
Lori Birge (Amazing Alfadans)
502.00
46
Lisa Blumhagen (Toppur Tolters)
491.16
47
Hailey Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
484.00
48
Cynthia Tolbert (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
460.00
49
Terri Mielke (AIHA)
432.00
50
Alana Wright (Arctic Alaska Riders)
427.00
51
Helga Sveinsdottir (Thordarson) (Ice Trekkers)
424.00
52
Melanie Ku (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
422.00
53
Sue Roska (Individual)
406.12
54
Jennifer Quinn (Astounding Alfadans)
378.20
55
Claudia Sihler (AIHA)
377.00
56
Samantha Tuttlebee (Northcountry Tolters)
368.00
57
Linda Eddy (Awesome Alfadans)
362.52
58
Pamela Hill (Hestafolk South)
352.00
59
Renny Christopher (Awesome Alfadans)
333.16
60
Marjorie Lewis (Merry Mares of Maryland)
324.20
61
Colleen Schumacher (Síglaðir Tölters)
308.00
62
Inez Valk (Northcountry Tolters)
290.00
63
Sandie Weaver (Ice Trekkers)
283.00
64
Lindsay Gunzburger (Individual)
257.68
65
Sandra Solberg (Hestafolk Central)
252.00
66
Leah Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
248.00
67
Serenity Perigo (Hestafolk North)
244.00
68
Teresa Harp (Toppur Tolters)
242.40
69
Rebecca Pelletier (Hestafolk South)
234.00
70
Janet Mulder (AIHA)
224.00
71
Kristina Behringer (Síglaðir Tölters)
213.00
72
Mary Chamberlin (Hestafolk North)
210.00
73
Lisa Greenfield (Hestafolk Central)
200.80
74
Julie Ferreira (Individual)
195.68
75
Lisa Davis (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
191.00
76
Susan Whitakerhill (Hestafolk North)
186.00
77
Bonnie Bilger (Solfaxi)
167.00
78
Patricia Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
154.00
79
Katie Daly (Awesome Alfadans)
154.00
80
Ellen Halverson (Arctic Alaska Riders)
143.24
81
Donnamarie Temple-Burgess (Ice Trekkers)
128.00
82
Colleen McCafferty (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
128.00
83
Caeli Cavanagh (Amazing Alfadans)
110.20
84
Frances Rospotynski (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
100.00
85
Monica Urrutia-Sheehan (Hestafolk North)
88.00
86
Frank Sihler (AIHA)
76.00
87
Joan Krajewski (Hestafolk North)
72.00
88
Claire Wolfe (Merry Mares of Maryland)
70.00
89
Laura Stautberg Glaza
62.00
90
Annika Gunnarson
52.00
91
Lin M Campbell (Síglaðir Tölters)
49.00
92
Julia Hutter (Team Windhorse)
48.00
93
Annamaria Wallström (Cedar Tree Icelandics)
48.00
94
Kim Freeman (Síglaðir Tölters)
36.00
95
Lindsay Blatt
20.00
96
Morgan K. Venable
16.00
97
Isabella Hutter
16.00
98
Joe Hutter (Team Windhorse)
14.00
99
Sophie Hutter
10.00
100
Shelley Shearer (Individual)
0.00
The Route (total 4,000)
First Quarter : 0 miles complete
Leg
Route
Region
Ride
Distance
#1
1Q
GA
Springer Mt.
0 mi
#2
1Q
NC
Wayah Bald
200 mi
#3
1Q
NC
Hot Spring
400 mi
#4
1Q
VA
Damascus
600 mi
#5
1Q
VA
Brown Mountain
800 mi
#6
1Q
MD
Raven Rock Shelter
1000 mi
Second Quarter : 1000 miles complete
#7
2Q
PA
Port Clinton
1200 mi
#8
2Q
NY
Pawling
1400 mi
#9
2Q
VT
Stratton Pond
1600 mi
#10
2Q
ME
Full Goose Shelter
1800 mi
#11
2Q
ME
Baxter Peak - Katahdin
2000 mi
Half Way : 2000 miles complete
#12
3Q
MO
Independence
2200 mi
#13
Q3
NE
Fort Kearney
2400 mi
#14
Q3
NE
Chimney Rock
2600 mi
#15
Q3
WY
Independence Rock
2800 mi
#18
Q3
WY
Fort Bridger
3000 mi
Three Quarters: 3000 miles complete
#19
Q4
ID
Fort Hall
3200 mi
#20
Q4
ID
Fort Boise
3400 mi
#21
Q4
WA
Fort Walla Walla
3600 mi
#22
Q4
OR
The Dalles
3800 mi
#23
Q4
OR
Oregon City
4000 mi
Ride Complete! 4000 miles
Team Merrimack Valley Icelandics. Photo by Andrea Smith.
Photo by Claudia Salzer
Photo by Iris Heidberg
photo by Kerstin Lundgren
Photo by Leah Greenberger
Photo by Ellen Lichtenstein Podhajsky
Photo by Susie Porter Johnson
Photo by Jane Wood Gately
