Article: Jagged edge: the author completes his world slam of sheep on the hellaciously steep ridges of the Caucasus Mountains.

We bumped along a gravel riverbed in an old Russian five-ton for several miles. Piece of cake, I thought. We're going to drive straight to camp. The first ridges loomed ahead and appeared deceptively gentle. Wooded ridges drew closer, and above them emerald green slopes stretched to the sky.

When we rounded a bend at the base of the first ridge, I thought, No way any vehicle was going up there. Several locals awaited us with horses. Still a piece of cake. So we started up, and kept going up, up and up, much of it far too steep for even sturdy Asian ponies to carry a load up.

We led our horses along much of the precipitous trail. Steve Hornady was right ...

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