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Rupert Isaacson was born in Africa, and grew up in London and in the English countryside,
where he discovered his love of horses. Because he grew up hearing so many
fascinating memories about
Africa from his parents, he went there and lived with the people called The Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert.
By the year 2000, Rupert was already working as a reporter, writing articles and guidebooks
about Africa and India. He met his wife Kristin in India. Today, they live with their son, Rowan, in
the
US. But Rupert faced the greatest challenge of his life when, at the age of two, Rowan was
diagnosed
(诊断) with an
illness that influenced
his ability to communicate with
others.
Rupert discovered that spending time with horses and riding them was helping Rowan. But
unluckily, the Bushmen of the Kalahari do not have horses. So the family set out for Mongolia, where horses have been important for long. Rupert has written about this journey to help his son in his book Horse Boy,
and he has produced a documentary of the same name. In the film, people have the chances to see the family travelling in Mongolia, riding horses and meeting healers (治疗师) in order to help Rowan.
Because working with horses has helped Rowan, Rupert set up The Horse Boy Foundation on
his
farm in Texas. It is a school that teaches people how to use horses for healing. Besides writing another book, The
Long Ride Home,
about travelling with Rowan
to Africa, Australia and Arizona in the US, Rupert has also produced the
documentary Endangerous, with Rowan
as host, about dangerous animals that are endangered. Rupert Isaacson has managed to discover the secret of
turning one challenge into many achievements.
