00:00:00.000,00:00:03.000 Captions by www.SubPLY.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00:00:08.010,00:00:08.980 - Oh this is so exciting. - Yeah it is. 00:00:09.180,00:00:14.890 - Adventure of Trent Montaug just returned from an amazing 6 month cross country hot air balloon trip 00:00:15.750,00:00:19.420 Mr. Montaug, thanks for joining us. - I don't mind admitting to you right up top, 00:00:19.620,00:00:23.520 sir, I have always fantasized about riding in a hot air balloon I haven't done it yet, 00:00:24.010,00:00:25.960 but it seems like so much fun. - Dreamy. 00:00:26.360,00:00:32.070 - In my case I did it for a very good cause, to raise the awareness for people of 00:00:32.500,00:00:35.600 horse abuse in America. - Really, I have always wanted to go in 00:00:35.800,00:00:37.470 a hot air balloon. - Me too. - Tell us about it. 00:00:37.940,00:00:42.880 - It's very interesting. 4 years ago, I read an article about race horses being slaughtered 00:00:43.080,00:00:47.520 because they're past their prime. These horses are shoved into trucks, 00:00:47.950,00:00:51.890 and carried long distances, so they actually suffocate from lack of oxygen. 00:00:52.590,00:00:55.030 Slowly and painfully. - Oh that's... That is just terrible. 00:00:55.220,00:00:59.930 But how does the balloon aspect of this come into it. Did you always want to be a balloonist? 00:01:00.360,00:01:04.500 - Yeah, the balloon really wasn't the point. It was something to draw attention to the cause 00:01:05.000,00:01:08.640 I knew... The media needed to pay attention to me, and I thought a balloon was a good idea. 00:01:08.830,00:01:12.360 - Yeah. Well you know, a balloon journey is not a bad way to go. 00:01:12.770,00:01:16.210 - Riding a balloon is terrifying. - I understand you brought some video along right? 00:01:16.910,00:01:19.080 - Yeah. - Should we take a look at the video? - Let's look at the video now. Yeah. 00:01:20.380,00:01:23.850 Oh look at that. - That's the Badlands over South Dakota. - Yeah. 00:01:24.520,00:01:29.520 - The balloon provided me a way to let people know what the face of horse abuse was like. 00:01:30.160,00:01:36.730 - Oh. - Oh my god. - Tell us about the day to day life in a balloon for 6 months. I mean like, 00:01:36.930,00:01:40.770 what did you eat? - Right! - I ate very little, and even then I was so much 00:01:41.200,00:01:44.240 better off than these horses you see in Central Park pulling people... 00:01:44.670,00:01:48.570 - Protein bars... - I eat very little. - Suddenly drop dead from exhaustion after years.. 00:01:49.010,00:01:50.950 - Now didn't you say you have some photos that you took along your journey? 00:01:51.110,00:01:53.980 - Yeah, why don't we take a look at those. Now these are not of your balloon, right? 00:01:54.180,00:01:58.890 - No. - Ok. - I found mistreated horses all across the country, wherever I... 00:01:59.550,00:02:02.320 - Now you say the journey took 6 months, that's a real long time to be by yourself. 00:02:02.760,00:02:06.030 At what point do you start talking to yourself... - I spent a lot of time alone with 00:02:06.160,00:02:11.000 my thoughts obviously, and my thoughts were about pregnant mayors, tethered into tiny stalls.. 00:02:13.570,00:02:17.510 You see this tube? This tube is shoved up their urethras to collect their urine. 00:02:18.500,00:02:21.200 - Ok good enough. - I brought you some gifts. - We're just about out of time. 00:02:21.410,00:02:26.580 - This is for you, features my website horsesdeservebetter.com 00:02:27.410,00:02:29.710 - Perhaps we'll invite you back to talk about that, in the meantime... 00:02:30.120,00:02:33.420 - Horsesdeservebetter.com, please please educate.. - Coming up we're going to have some recipes 00:02:33.890,00:02:36.460 - Yourself to what's going on. Please. - It will make your tacos, taste more American 00:02:36.660,00:02:38.930 than ever before. - In the kitchen! I'm famished. - Stay tuned.