Snowboarder rescues horse stranded in the snow

Not all beasts were made for the snow, as a couple of heroic snowboarders discovered recently. On his 21st birthday, Rafael Pease headed out with a friend to ride some fresh powder in Chile to celebrate. However, things took an unexpected turn when the pair spotted an unusual damsel in distress – a horse, stranded in deep snow halfway up the mountain.

Rather than riding on, Pease decided to investigate further, only to find this noble steed was stuck and starving to death, frozen to the spot. Commence operation equine rescue: the snowboarders used an avalanche shovel to dig the horse free, before feeding it.

Next, they created a makeshift harness and painstakingly led the horse down the mountain, through deep pow and along groomed pistes, before finally making it back to base. After four days stuck in the snow, the boys reunited the lucky animal with its owner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLLFwgzN6Oo