by Eric | Dec 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Hilary Gietzen The thought of going to Alaska to shear sheep didn’t come at once, rather one thought or idea led to another, particularly with the idea of going to Alaska on a motorcycle. While in my last year of high school, I bought a new motorcycle, and used...
by site@dmin | Nov 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Gietzen, who has a commercial pilot’s license and flies a four-seater Mooney as part of his shearing operation in Minot, N.D., had won many contests at county and state fairs but had never won the North American Sheep Shearing Challenge at the Calgary Stampede....
by site@dmin | Oct 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Calgary – In 2012, Hilary Gietzen of Minot, ND was the runnerup in the North American Sheep Shearing Challenge. Some people might think that was a pretty good result. Gietzen isn’t one of them. “I wasn’t second. I was first loser,” says Gietzen. The sting of his...
by site@dmin | Sep 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
My project started in 2005. Although I had made it to several continents shearing sheep, I really had never seen poverty. I had always wanted to do some charity work, and when an opportunity came, I was there. I was...
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