Sea 2 Shining Sea Ride
Sea 2 Shining Sea is a yearlong virtual ride on Icelandic Horses. This 2,400 mile ‘ride’ follows the historical Route 66 from Chicago, IL to Santa Monica, CA. The ride begins on January 8, 2023 ending December 31, 2023. Each checkpoint will count for 150 miles or about 38 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 2023 Sea 2 Shining Sea Rules.
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S2SS Progress
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Teams Leaderboard
1
Síglaðir Tölters
2,475.60
2
Ice Trekkers
2,417.20
3
West Coast Tolting Girls
2,201.28
4
Northcountry Tolters
2,051.04
5
Merrimack Valley Icelandics
1,744.60
6
Arctic Alaska Riders
1,455.32
7
AIHA
1,431.92
8
Hestafolk Central
1,328.64
9
Topper
1,310.16
10
Tolt-A-Holics
1,234.84
11
Hestafolk North
1,076.00
12
Merry Mares of Maryland
713.80
13
Solfaxi
690.00
14
Sirius Tolting Trekkers
440.00
15
Hestafolk South
313.00
16
Cascade
239.00
17
Ice Riders
209.44
18
Tolting Trailblazers
56.00
Individual Leaderboard
1
Claudia Salzer (Ice Trekkers)
864.00
2
Raven Flores (Ice Trekkers)
760.00
3
Kim Freeman (Síglaðir Tölters)
714.00
4
Martina Gates (Northcountry Tolters)
652.00
5
Scott Smith (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
570.00
6
Anna Bella Covert (West Coast Tolting Girls)
554.48
7
Iris Heidberg (Síglaðir Tölters)
548.00
8
Cynthia Niebuhr (Topper)
543.48
9
Serenity Perigo (Hestafolk North)
532.00
10
Lauren Murphy (Hestafolk Central)
496.52
Show/Hide Full Standings
11
Daniel Coverdell (Arctic Alaska Riders)
481.32
12
Colleen Schumacher (Síglaðir Tölters)
473.60
13
Evelyn Kaufman (West Coast Tolting Girls)
462.00
14
Emelia Stewart (West Coast Tolting Girls)
450.40
15
Ron Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
444.04
16
Doreen Shoda (Hestafolk Central)
444.00
17
Pierre Lessard (Individual)
417.00
18
Lynda Zur (Individual)
416.00
19
Claudia Sihler (AIHA)
414.68
20
Leah Greenberger (Northcountry Tolters)
413.00
21
Nancy Radebaugh (Tolt-A-Holics)
410.00
22
Sandie Weaver (Ice Trekkers)
402.00
23
Brigit Huwyler (Northcountry Tolters)
398.00
24
Shelby Walker (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
393.00
25
Isabella Cordes (Síglaðir Tölters)
360.00
26
Heather Skopik (Solfaxi)
352.00
27
Frank Sihler (AIHA)
351.00
28
Samantha Tuttlebee (Northcountry Tolters)
340.00
29
Christine Snyder (Solfaxi)
338.00
30
Susan Matheke (Individual)
333.60
31
Terri Mielke (AIHA)
330.00
32
Susan Gibbons (Individual)
326.52
33
Zo Zinke-Haschemeyer (West Coast Tolting Girls)
324.00
34
Janet Mulder (AIHA)
295.60
35
VALERIE MOORE (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
282.00
36
Lin M Campbell (Síglaðir Tölters)
278.00
37
RJ West (Hestafolk Central)
278.00
38
Jana L. Strait (Topper)
267.80
39
Sabrina Drake (Ice Trekkers)
258.00
40
Mary Sackinger (Arctic Alaska Riders)
256.00
41
Misty Bohnert (Arctic Alaska Riders)
255.00
42
Sue Roska (Individual)
252.00
43
Patricia Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
248.00
44
AMY KEELER (Individual)
243.12
45
Brenda Richard (Arctic Alaska Riders)
220.00
46
Lisa Blumhagen (Topper)
217.48
47
Annika Gunnarson (West Coast Tolting Girls)
216.00
48
Lisa McKeen (Hestafolk North)
208.00
49
Elizabeth Foster (Topper)
198.00
50
Louisa Stewart (West Coast Tolting Girls)
194.40
51
Cynthia Tolbert (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
192.00
52
Mary Chamberlin (Hestafolk North)
188.00
53
Judy Skogen (Hestafolk South)
181.00
54
Kathryn L Kalan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
179.60
55
Hailey Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
176.00
56
Theresa Harmon (Arctic Alaska Riders)
173.20
57
Shellie Greyhavens (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
168.00
58
Ona Kwiatkowski (Northcountry Tolters)
168.00
59
Linda Eddy (Cascade)
156.00
60
Jaime Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
148.00
61
Shawn Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
144.00
62
Pamela Hill (Hestafolk South)
132.00
63
Marjorie Lewis (Merry Mares of Maryland)
128.80
64
Helga Sveinsdottir (Thordarson) (Ice Trekkers)
128.00
65
Brynja Meehan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
128.00
66
Melanie Ku (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
125.00
67
Joan Krajewski (Hestafolk North)
114.00
68
Sandra Solberg (Hestafolk Central)
110.12
69
Jo Ann Trostle (Ice Riders)
110.00
70
Marisa Shaw (Individual)
108.00
71
Leah Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
106.00
72
Kristina Behringer (Síglaðir Tölters)
102.00
73
Sherry Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
88.80
74
Lori Birge (Cascade)
83.00
75
Heleen Heyning (Northcountry Tolters)
80.04
76
Kristina Schroeder (Ice Riders)
79.44
77
Laura Stautberg Glaza (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
75.00
78
Ellen Halverson (Arctic Alaska Riders)
69.80
79
Frances Rospotynski (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
68.00
80
Melinda Studstill (Topper)
58.00
81
Sarah Wood (Tolting Trailblazers)
56.00
82
Claire Wolfe (Merry Mares of Maryland)
55.00
83
Susan Whitakerhill (Individual)
50.00
84
Kristen Cook (Individual)
42.00
85
Monica Urrutia-Sheehan (Hestafolk North)
34.00
86
Teresa Harp (Topper)
25.40
87
Nicole Beck (AIHA)
20.64
88
Silke Wandling (AIHA)
20.00
89
Jade Trostle (Ice Riders)
20.00
90
Emily Potts (Individual)
16.00
91
Deborah Kenny (Individual)
16.00
92
Scott Smith
14.00
93
Donnamarie Temple-Burgess (Ice Trekkers)
5.20
94
Catherine Rekers (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
4.00
The Route (total 2,400)
First Quarter : 0 miles complete
Leg
Route
Region
Ride
Distance
#1
1Q
Midwest
Chicago, Illinois
150 mi
#2
1Q
Midwest
Springfield, Illinois
300 mi
#3
1Q
Midwest
Springfield, Missouri
450 mi
#4
1Q
South
Tulsa, Oklahoma
600 mi
Second Quarter : 600 miles complete
#5
2Q
South
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
750 mi
#6
2Q
South
Elk City, Oklahoma
900 mi
#7
2Q
South
Amarillo, Texas
1050 mi
#8
2Q
Southwest
Santa Rosa, New Mexica
1200 mi
Half Way : 1200 miles complete
#9
3Q
Southwest
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1350 mi
#10
3Q
Southwest
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1500 mi
#11
3Q
Southwest
Gallup, New Mexico
1650 mi
#12
3Q
Southwest
Flagstaff, Arizona
1800 mi
Three Quarters: 1800 miles complete
#13
Q4
Southwest
Kingman, Arizona
1950 mi
#14
Q4
West
Amboy, California
2100 mi
#15
Q4
West
Barstow, California
2250 mi
#18
Q4
West
Santa Monica, California
2400 mi
Ride Complete! 2400 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
