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The absorcas in western wyoming, some of the most remote mountains in the country. the purpose of the trip, scout for big horned sheep. not easy. they live on jagged perches 10,000 feet up and more. they are like ghosts. there for a fleeting moment, then gone again. inhospitable country. >> it's steep, it's rugged. it's all rug. >> reporter: base camp was 9,000 feet up in an abandoned mining town called kirwin. august 19th, they saw five grizzly bears. >> makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck. you know? >> reporter: he brought his horses, duke and dirty devil or double d, the stubbo...

See. the absarokas in western wyoming, some of the most remote and spectacular mountains in the country. the purpose? to scout for big horn sheep. not easy. they live on jacked perches. like ghosts for a fleeting moment and then gone again. inhospitable country. >> on the first day, august 19, they saw five grizry bears. >> put that is eerie feeling in your body, makes the hair stand up and the back of her neck. >> josh brought his horse, duke, the pal low mean nor and double d, the tub born one. >> the next day was august 20:

As he kept looking at it, something surprising happened. >> then i could see some movement at the plane. >> was it a person? an animal? too far away to see. he couldn't just hurry over. he had a sprained angle, an injured horse and to get to that crumbled plane he'd have to go down first a steep slippery slope. >> i had to walk the horse all the way down to the bottom sinking into its knees in the dirt and rock. >> carefully he coaxed the limping double d to the plane. >> down all the switch backs, bail off the trail and go down to the creek. >> he followed the creek bed. and then, as he worke...

Nate and josh were picking their way up a rocky path. double d didn't like it. the he tried to done and go home. in his thrashing slipped and stumbled. >> i couldn't get kicked out of the stirrups fast enough. he went over and smashed my ankle and tore up his front leg also. >> josh sprained his ankle. but give up? go home? no. way too tough for that. >> even though you're crazy and your horse is injured, why? >> had to see what's on the other side. >> didn't ride all that way for nothing. >> so they pushed on. about 300 yards to the top, mile the and miles of vast isolation around them. in an...

Feet. double d didn't like it, tried to go home. slipped and tumbled down the rocky slope, dragging josh with him. >> i couldn't get kicked out of the stirrups fast enough. he went over, smashed my ankle and tore up his front leg also. >> reporter: the horse cut its leg. josh sprained his ankle. but give up? go home? no. way too tough for that. >> even though you're hurting like crazy, your horse is injured. why? >> had to see what's on the other side. [ laughter ] >> didn't ride all that way for nothing. >> reporter: so they pushed on. about 300 yards to the top, miles and miles of vast isola...