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
5,635.00
2
Northcountry Tolters
4,545.00
3
Merrimack Valley Icelandics
4,523.40
4
Tolt-A-Holics
4,356.00
5
Astounding Alfadans
3,815.72
6
Arctic Alaska Riders
3,575.60
7
Toppur Tolters
3,145.52
8
Hestafolk Central
2,872.72
9
Solfaxi
2,377.00
10
Hestafolk North
1,780.00
11
Awesome Alfadans
1,700.08
12
Sirius Tolting Trekkers
1,523.80
13
Merry Mares of Maryland
1,409.52
14
Síglaðir Tölters
1,294.00
15
AIHA
1,248.00
16
Tolting Trailblazers
1,161.20
17
Amazing Alfadans
636.20
18
Hestafolk South
592.00
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)
1,668.00
3
Martina Gates (Northcountry Tolters)
1,560.00
4
Sabrina Drake (Ice Trekkers)
1,444.00
5
Christine Snyder (Solfaxi)
1,370.00
6
Daniel Coverdell (Arctic Alaska Riders)
1,369.72
7
Shelby Walker (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
1,309.00
8
Shauna Flanigan (Astounding Alfadans)
1,306.80
9
Scott Smith (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
1,188.00
10
Cynthia Niebuhr (Toppur Tolters)
1,165.12
Show/Hide Full Standings
11
Sarah Wood (Tolting Trailblazers)
1,161.20
12
Misty Bohnert (Arctic Alaska Riders)
1,075.64
13
Rob Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
1,056.00
14
Lisa McKeen (Hestafolk North)
980.00
15
Brigit Huwyler (Northcountry Tolters)
948.00
16
Latifia Rodriguez (Individual)
941.80
17
Ron Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
900.00
18
Doreen Shoda (Hestafolk Central)
900.00
19
Susan Matheke (Individual)
894.28
20
Susan Gibbons (Individual)
878.92
21
VALERIE MOORE (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
830.00
22
Heather Skopik (Solfaxi)
824.00
23
AMY KEELER (Individual)
822.48
24
Leah Greenberger (Northcountry Tolters)
815.00
25
Alexandra Venable (Awesome Alfadans)
804.00
26
Madie Richenstein (Astounding Alfadans)
802.00
27
Judy Skogen (Hestafolk Central)
760.00
28
RJ West
754.00
29
Lauren Murphy (Hestafolk Central)
731.92
30
Kathryn L Kalan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
712.40
31
Nancy Radebaugh (Tolt-A-Holics)
712.00
32
Samantha Harrigan (Astounding Alfadans)
696.00
33
Pierre Lessard (Individual)
690.00
34
Iris Heidberg (Síglaðir Tölters)
688.00
35
Jana L. Strait (Toppur Tolters)
657.40
36
Shellie Greyhavens (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
634.80
37
Amy Clifton (Astounding Alfadans)
610.72
38
"Nilla" Anna Pernilla Ekström-Rypka (Individual)
588.00
39
Jaime Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
584.00
40
Tony Strait (Toppur Tolters)
561.80
41
Shawn Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
560.00
42
Mary Sackinger (Arctic Alaska Riders)
552.00
43
Deborah Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
544.00
44
Heleen Heyning (Northcountry Tolters)
540.00
45
Hailey Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
532.00
46
Lori Birge (Amazing Alfadans)
526.00
47
Lisa Blumhagen (Toppur Tolters)
518.80
48
Cynthia Tolbert (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
484.00
49
Melanie Ku (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
458.00
50
Sue Roska (Individual)
454.12
51
Claudia Sihler (AIHA)
436.00
52
Alana Wright (Arctic Alaska Riders)
435.00
53
Terri Mielke (AIHA)
432.00
54
Helga Sveinsdottir (Thordarson) (Ice Trekkers)
424.00
55
Jennifer Quinn (Astounding Alfadans)
400.20
56
Linda Eddy (Awesome Alfadans)
394.52
57
Samantha Tuttlebee (Northcountry Tolters)
368.00
58
Marjorie Lewis (Merry Mares of Maryland)
361.52
59
Pamela Hill (Hestafolk South)
358.00
60
Renny Christopher (Awesome Alfadans)
347.56
61
Lindsay Gunzburger (Individual)
316.08
62
Inez Valk (Northcountry Tolters)
314.00
63
Colleen Schumacher (Síglaðir Tölters)
308.00
64
Janet Mulder (AIHA)
304.00
65
Sandie Weaver (Ice Trekkers)
283.00
66
Sandra Solberg (Hestafolk Central)
272.00
67
Leah Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
264.00
68
Serenity Perigo (Hestafolk North)
244.00
69
Teresa Harp (Toppur Tolters)
242.40
70
Rebecca Pelletier (Hestafolk South)
234.00
71
Kristina Behringer (Síglaðir Tölters)
213.00
72
Mary Chamberlin (Hestafolk North)
210.00
73
Lisa Greenfield (Hestafolk Central)
208.80
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)
183.00
78
Patricia Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
182.00
79
Katie Daly (Awesome Alfadans)
154.00
80
Ellen Halverson (Arctic Alaska Riders)
143.24
81
Colleen McCafferty (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
140.00
82
Donnamarie Temple-Burgess (Ice 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
Annamaria Wallström (Cedar Tree Icelandics)
48.00
93
Julia Hutter (Team Windhorse)
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
