The pair have ridden for about 15 months across three summer seasons to raise money for the Leg-Up Trust, an organisation that helps disadvantaged youth suffering from social, behavioural or emotional problems by teaching them how to engage with horses. Surviving mainly on dried foods like muesli, crackers, snack bars and chocolate, Mueller said she wouldn’t change a thing. Stopping during the colder months, Mueller took whatever work she could get her hands on, from working on the ski fields, to in a native plant nursery. BROOK SABIN State Highway 35 weaves through a long-lost slice of New Zealand, where kids play on horses instead of cellphones and beaches lie empty.