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By Peter Lindblad plindblad@hngnews.com
May 7, 2021
Across mountainous, desert terrain, Chloe Dvorak will ride from sun up to sundown on horseback for seven to 10 days straight.
It’ll be scorching hot during the day and freezing at night, when she’ll sleep on a cot in a yurt, or gers as they are called in Mongolia, with a native family if she’s lucky. Otherwise, the hard ground will be her bed.
Every day of the punishing Mongol Derby will push the Poynette resident and 2011 Lodi High School graduate to the limit.
“I’m going to be really happy to take a shower at the end,” said Dvorak, with a laugh.
Grueling challenge
Chosen as one of 30 out of 700 candidates to compete in the 1,000-kilometer race, Dvorak is up for the challenge. Just getting through the race in one piece would be a monumental achievement...
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