Why Four Cowboys Rode Wild Horses 3,000 Miles Across America (Part 1) | Nat Geo Live

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  • In 2013, filmmaker Ben Master, three of his friends, and 16 wild mustangs journeyed across 3,000 miles of some of the most rugged territory in the American West. This audacious trek-to inspire adoptions of wild horses and burros-has since inspired Ben to help others on their own journeys. Hear Ben share inspiring stories from the road and watch clips from his documentary 'Unbranded.'
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Komentáře • 125

  • @cathybarnard9687
    @cathybarnard9687 Před 3 lety +4

    I cried as you showed me the beauty of America that I would never, ever have seen in my life. The majesty of the mountains was unbelievable and your journey has made memories for so many people. It was AMAZING & BEAUTIFUL & I thank everyone who contributed in every way to the movie, especially those 3 AGGIES. My dad ‘43 would have loved the mountains. Thank you, Thank you 🇺🇸

  • @suemcfarlane4199
    @suemcfarlane4199 Před 5 lety +28

    This shows just how quick things can go south with a horse

  • @Tippetts6618
    @Tippetts6618 Před 3 lety +22

    What I hear from this guy is give up the norm and what is expected of you. Buy or adopt a horse, preferably untrained so you can have the pleasure of breaking it in. Pick a path/ trail, don a wide brim hat, never look back and just ride.
    Incredibly inspired, thank you.

    • @FuzzyWuzzyBear89
      @FuzzyWuzzyBear89 Před 2 lety +2

      I’m so jealous of them :)

    • @Matthew.._
      @Matthew.._ Před 2 lety +2

      @@FuzzyWuzzyBear89 why be ? Your life isn’t over, you don’t have to be jealous if you can do the same thing. It’s how bad do we want it which determines what we are willing to do to get it

    • @modocroughstock5700
      @modocroughstock5700 Před rokem

      Exactly what I'm doing.. stay tuned

  • @cjacob9875
    @cjacob9875 Před 6 lety +24

    This was a once in a life time experience. I loved this movie/documentary. You guys did a great job!!! Yes hardships but what you learned was outstanding.

  • @bigsnakeboss7444
    @bigsnakeboss7444 Před 5 lety +49

    I can't come up with a jojo joke so I'm just gonna say pizza mozzerrela

  • @TheXManager1
    @TheXManager1 Před 7 lety +68

    The spin would have been useful for these guys

    • @aymanhaque
      @aymanhaque Před 3 lety +5

      I searched up 'horse race across America'. I knew i would find a couple jojo references

    • @minegold975
      @minegold975 Před 2 lety +5

      @@aymanhaque so it's the same type as me

  • @marxbautista8234
    @marxbautista8234 Před 4 lety +29

    Did they gather all the corpes parts?

  • @Pijar_WG
    @Pijar_WG Před 4 lety +16

    Nice for Steel Ball Run live action

    • @rznizzddn5572
      @rznizzddn5572 Před 3 lety +1

      When dp takes a long time to animate part 7

  • @donnakeeley7924
    @donnakeeley7924 Před 4 lety +12

    Been around horses all my life and that rearing kick almost made me sick to my stomach. Holy cow, I think I'd still be hurling, were I there! I sure hope that fella is ok! Prayers to him.

  • @rickdavis2235
    @rickdavis2235 Před 6 lety +39

    Millions and millions of acres of public land everywhere..... except Texas.

  • @privacymatters5204
    @privacymatters5204 Před 4 lety +1

    I loved this movie so much, I bought it and have watched it like 5 times. It always makes me cry when the old guy says goodbye and he talks of his son.❤️

  • @milker4525
    @milker4525 Před 3 lety +11

    Arigato.. Gyro..

  • @tegsvid8677
    @tegsvid8677 Před 4 lety +13

    Steel Ball Run

  • @MasonGreenWeed
    @MasonGreenWeed Před 3 lety +8

    Race start took place in Pacific coast of San Diego USA in 25th September, 1890 at 10 AM. The goal is Trinity Church in New York. Winner will receive 50 Million Dollar

  • @petrap.7256
    @petrap.7256 Před 7 lety +37

    daaamn, he got such a kick in his face I almost felt hurt myself

    • @rei_cirith
      @rei_cirith Před 6 lety +3

      He got up right after, so I'm guessing either he had a shitload of adrenaline pumping, or the horse JUST missed him (didn't connect to his face, just his sunglasses).

  • @jamesjaeger3976
    @jamesjaeger3976 Před 2 lety +2

    Great job ! Definitely a “ once in a lifetime experience “. You all don’t realize the awe lots of us feel experiencing this movie/documentary. 🇺🇸♥️👍

  • @TTaylor
    @TTaylor Před 5 lety +11

    That intro was great lol

  • @JoseHernandez-jk7gy
    @JoseHernandez-jk7gy Před 4 lety +6

    This documentary i would so recommend if u love horses its sad but funny and interesting 10/10 recommend

  • @1dbelling
    @1dbelling Před 5 lety +3

    I helped bring the film unbranded to our local theatre....loved it..thanks

  • @jsfarm7674
    @jsfarm7674 Před 6 lety +10

    I love unbranded 3rd best movie ever in my opinion under lonesome dove and tombstone but that's beside the point I hope this comment reaches Ben and the others that movie inspired to one day ride through a few states and one day it will happen ya'll give out so much inspiration I hope one day I get to meet ya'll have a good Keep on riding adios

  • @johnjohnson4700
    @johnjohnson4700 Před 7 lety +55

    I watched this on Netflix couple of months ago :o Would recommend

    • @filipinofear13
      @filipinofear13 Před 7 lety

      whats it called?

    • @MTLpowderShreder
      @MTLpowderShreder Před 7 lety +1

      widlife photographer Unbranded

    • @Trakehner20
      @Trakehner20 Před 6 lety

      Do they have a clean version, I've heard there's some foul language in it, I don't want that.

    • @michaellegette469
      @michaellegette469 Před 5 lety +6

      Trakehner20 i don’t think the language is much worse than what you hear on cable tv. I don’t recall anything really over the top. If I’m not mistaken, there were some bleeps.

    • @masurianwolf
      @masurianwolf Před 3 lety

      Yeah, me to. Really good one ,but it’s gone now (at least in my part of the world) . Now is just Lots of neomarxist and cancel culture bullshxt “documentaries” instead.

  • @Harley411
    @Harley411 Před 7 lety +10

    the four horsemen of the a apocalypse !

  • @Bossladyone2
    @Bossladyone2 Před 4 lety +2

    I'm thinking Charlie Goodnight and Oliver Loving would be sharing the pride with Val Geissler and his boys

  • @gabriel_nadal
    @gabriel_nadal Před 3 lety +7

    "Steel Ball Run, Netflix adaptation"

  • @ankitacharya5307
    @ankitacharya5307 Před 7 lety +5

    genius full episode please!!!national geography

  • @crybabyclassic
    @crybabyclassic Před 5 lety +4

    Seriously, if Owen Wilson, Robert Redford, and Instagram vanity had a baby in Eastwood, it would be this Ben fellow. Wow.

  • @schleichcamo2057
    @schleichcamo2057 Před 5 lety +4

    I was watching so many cowboys roundups and I come to this wanted to be one then seeing him getting kicked hard in the face 😂😂

  • @ankitacharya5307
    @ankitacharya5307 Před 7 lety +4

    genius full episode plzz upload it

  • @jacquelinemartin5181
    @jacquelinemartin5181 Před 2 lety +1

    I don't understand why one guy didn't finish with rest of the team !!! That's crazy iam sure people think of you totally diferent. Great for the rest of this guys and these beautiful horses.

  • @JacobDoddVlogs
    @JacobDoddVlogs Před 4 lety +1

    He said “we made a trailer for it”
    And then the trailer for lion King started playing “AAAAHHHHH...” and I was like, well that’s a rip off 😂

  • @edmccaffrey1
    @edmccaffrey1 Před 5 lety +9

    Unbranded and unbroken is an interesting documentary. Having spent 1/2 my life on horseback and packing mules in the high country of Western Colorado, I would not recommend that Texans ride that Rocky Mountain trail ride from Arizona to Canada. A classic tale of, if you dont know what you are doing should probably stay in school.

  • @bulldawg6259
    @bulldawg6259 Před 5 lety

    Watched this three years ago Much better then

  • @pphish2628
    @pphish2628 Před 5 měsíci

    I grew up with horses, have been thrown off a few times, but never seen anything like this!! 😳

  • @lunagalaxybrain351
    @lunagalaxybrain351 Před 3 lety +3

    Are they collecting the saint corpse?

  • @ankitacharya5307
    @ankitacharya5307 Před 7 lety +5

    please please please genius Albert Einstein

  • @jjohnson3875
    @jjohnson3875 Před 5 lety +4

    I am a salmon biologist from Idaho/Washington and I have horses. I spend as much time on public land as possible, camping, riding, hunting, fishing, hiking, hunting mushrooms, harvesting huckleberries and spending time with family. We need to protect our public land because right now the Trump administration is destroying it as fast as they can go. Stand up for public land, donate to organizations that do so, get involved to protect our wild places that are there for every American! And if you have the good fortune to ride a horse through some of it, then cherish every moment. It's amazing!

    • @steves5113
      @steves5113 Před 4 lety

      Be specific. How is the Trump administration destroying public lands? Document it before & after in the last three years with photographs. And, how would donating to "organizations" make a difference? Again, show photo evidence in the last three years. I make my living in open country in the west, I can't tell the difference between the last three years or the clown before him. If you produce results in your life, you don't need to ask for donations.

  • @tavish4699
    @tavish4699 Před 2 lety

    any oone know what the series is called?

  • @ankitacharya5307
    @ankitacharya5307 Před 7 lety +2

    plzzzz I want genius full episode of Albert Einstein

  • @cq7415
    @cq7415 Před 6 lety +3

    Wanted more trip video and not so much of guys face. Thanks for posting.

    • @reidbankert4425
      @reidbankert4425 Před 5 lety

      C Q watch the movie. This video was supposed to be bout his face.

  • @michaelmoneymaker2664
    @michaelmoneymaker2664 Před 7 lety +1

    I wish he was more experienced in a lot of areas but the young must learn

  • @lynndellcox7078
    @lynndellcox7078 Před 4 lety

    Interesting

  • @bobbyb7127
    @bobbyb7127 Před rokem

    I want to be young again!!!

  • @pennylane428
    @pennylane428 Před 3 lety

    I highly recommend this video just not Texas A&M 🤘🏼

  • @alejandrosanchez6683
    @alejandrosanchez6683 Před 2 lety +1

    Líes, they didn’t ride across America they only did it in the united states.

  • @alexismendoza7285
    @alexismendoza7285 Před 6 lety +1

    What kind of cowboy hat style is that

  • @AzathothianBrew
    @AzathothianBrew Před 5 lety +8

    Dude sounds more like a Californian stoner surfer than a Texas cowboy

    • @lehcimst
      @lehcimst Před 5 lety +1

      Alright, alright, alright.

  • @christinec.r.6805
    @christinec.r.6805 Před 3 lety

    I am way too attracted to this Weasley Cowboy

  • @jondoe4667
    @jondoe4667 Před 2 lety

    It's hard to listen to somebody talk when they pause for full seconds in the middle of a sentence. Idk why but it makes me crazy, and impatient waiting for them to spit the words out.

  • @danielmeans4954
    @danielmeans4954 Před 4 lety

    Would have worked better as a mini series. Just wasn’t enough time. You get a sense of the beauty but it doesn’t scratch the surface on the struggle. You need to get to see the monotony the cooking breakfast every morning. Coffee. Saddling horses. The actual nuts and bolts.

  • @michaelmoneymaker2664
    @michaelmoneymaker2664 Před 7 lety +6

    Not sure why the crowd was laughing in the beginning. They must have had a junior high class in there for this.

    • @phalenleigh
      @phalenleigh Před 6 lety +3

      because its called *nervous* laughter, they almost watched a guy die on camera its either cringe and grab your face then sit awkward or cringe, grab your face, and laugh nervously and try to remember that guy is talking to you.

    • @feefee6889
      @feefee6889 Před 5 lety +3

      Bc the dumb horse ate a cactus. That’s pretty funny. Then he made it comedic by talking about the broken sunglasses.

  • @eloyruiz2855
    @eloyruiz2855 Před 5 lety +1

    Did you got to see BIGFOOT?

  • @arthenarubin3196
    @arthenarubin3196 Před 2 lety

    They have jumping cactuses that if you walk by them so check this is will actually jump on you

  • @marysandlin3174
    @marysandlin3174 Před 4 lety

    If you are going to remove wild horses from public land then you better remove cattle or limit grazing to certain times of the year. In Nevada cattle are allowed to graze on public range year long. They are just as destructive as horses. Fences are another issue because is the a i.als were allowed to migrate the damage would not be as prevalent. I am not stupid and I was raised on a cattle ranch.

  • @hellbunniez3
    @hellbunniez3 Před rokem

    steel ball run in a nutshell:

  • @Noutelus
    @Noutelus Před 7 lety

    This reminds of the movie : Brokeback Mountain i still have to see sometime

  • @feefee6889
    @feefee6889 Před 5 lety +1

    What are some horse predators, cougars? Is that it?

  • @KirstineTermansen-ct5tq

    They walked, believe me,

  • @aiden_deo13
    @aiden_deo13 Před 2 lety

    RIP CRICKET 😔

  • @mikethefarrier
    @mikethefarrier Před 3 lety

    These the guys that rode one of the horses to death?

  • @arthenarubin3196
    @arthenarubin3196 Před 2 lety

    I definitely was not laughing I am a Empath

  • @barbarawitt9989
    @barbarawitt9989 Před 8 měsíci

    The great irony here is that every one of these horses WAS branded, with the Bureau of Land Management iron. BLM. 18:22

  • @julieenslow5915
    @julieenslow5915 Před 7 lety +2

    Were the mustangs shoed or barefoot? Did they need a farrier at all during the trip?

    • @meaghannepayne795
      @meaghannepayne795 Před 6 lety +1

      Julie Enslow the horses were shod. I think they did it themselves for the most part

    • @Ambelica
      @Ambelica Před 5 lety

      @@meaghannepayne795 I don't think they were shod. Mustangs have very tough hard feet.

    • @meaghannepayne795
      @meaghannepayne795 Před 5 lety

      JustCallMe Amber maybe after the halter incident, but they clearly say that they shod the horses. I forget the name, but it was this guy's horse that was done for the rest of the trip because it's shoe caught onto the halter left on while turned out.

    • @ratherbwithhorses
      @ratherbwithhorses Před 5 lety

      I have a Mustang from NM she could do that barefooted. Not just the tough hooves, it's t h e lightness with which they can move. It amazed me as her confirmation is really awful. She floats despite her imperfections.

    • @alexzander7386
      @alexzander7386 Před 3 lety

      The farrier is for tame horses who do not run enough to wear the hoof down. Or for those cracks that come from shoeing the horse and having a driving edge. Wild horses dont need nearly as much maintenance because they have the right conditions

  • @marcialamaro4431
    @marcialamaro4431 Před 3 lety

    Thank god they didn’t kill all their horses with their inexperience. Some of this was just stupid.

  • @KirstineTermansen-ct5tq

    Walk. Beside the horse,

  • @levivue8972
    @levivue8972 Před 5 lety

    Send them to Africa I’m sure they can find a use for them

  • @thinkinoutloud.1
    @thinkinoutloud.1 Před 6 lety +8

    Dude, How much pot do you smoke in a day?

    • @Trakehner20
      @Trakehner20 Před 6 lety +3

      thinkin outloud lol my husband just said he sounds like a stoner. Haha

  • @crybabyclassic
    @crybabyclassic Před 5 lety

    Hi I'm Owen Wilson, and this is why I rode 3,000 miles across America.

  • @ashleysavinn6819
    @ashleysavinn6819 Před 7 lety

    Why can't they just fix the horses?

    • @rei_cirith
      @rei_cirith Před 6 lety +2

      The problem is, they'd have to fix them all. Just one unneutered male could get a whole herd pregnant... But if they neuter them all, they'd basically just die out, and I'm not sure they really want that either.

  • @nighthunter1313
    @nighthunter1313 Před 7 lety +1

    one

  • @cody_janssen831
    @cody_janssen831 Před 6 lety +1

    On that first video if I where there their would be 2 horses with bullets in their

    • @Ambelica
      @Ambelica Před 5 lety +2

      That's probably why you're some nobody and he's on TV. The horse was reacting how a horse would.

    • @feefee6889
      @feefee6889 Před 5 lety

      Yeah you don’t think you can take one cacti out of a horses lip, you’re pretty lame. Taken the easy way out

  • @Manchew
    @Manchew Před 7 lety +3

    Horses are native to north america. The died out and were reintroduced by the Spanish.

  • @brodyturner3663
    @brodyturner3663 Před 6 lety +4

    The difference between the way Native Americans treat and handle their horses is tremendous.

    • @phillipwilliams4807
      @phillipwilliams4807 Před 5 lety +1

      Drunk or sober? BBQ or oven? Baseball bat or whip? Fantasy of fiction? Nothing tremendous in the reality I have seen or read.

  • @Sarah-rf2wq
    @Sarah-rf2wq Před 4 lety

    So boring

  • @brycebertolino7017
    @brycebertolino7017 Před 6 lety

    Yeah, dude, how much pot did you smoke. Could have learned the anatomy of the horse and what matters most. Glad you had help.

  • @T.R.A.V.Y.N
    @T.R.A.V.Y.N Před 6 lety +3

    such blm propaganda :(

  • @daverhicxd9732
    @daverhicxd9732 Před 7 lety +1

    1

  • @crybabyclassic
    @crybabyclassic Před 5 lety

    "You're just a Coca-Cola cowboy, You got an Eastwood Smile and Robert Redford Hair..."
    Especially the Robert Redford hair.
    Nat Geo, your title disappoints me. And if you sponsored these boys to do that journey,... you're terrible for letting them go through Jumping Cactus Country with horses, literal torture. To put such precious lives in the hands of coca cola cowboys, despicable.
    For this Robert Redford looking guy to even non nonchalantly make a joke on it, shows his true colors.

  • @ahmedzamel9679
    @ahmedzamel9679 Před 5 lety

    Stupide show

  • @ahmedzamel9679
    @ahmedzamel9679 Před 5 lety

    Stupide show

    • @bkdascenzo
      @bkdascenzo Před 4 lety

      Ahmed Zamel Spell much ??

    • @txastra523
      @txastra523 Před 3 lety

      @@bkdascenzo 😂😂😂😂😂🤧🤭