Mikael Lindnord was trying to claim the top ranking in adventure racing during the 2014 Adventure Racing World Series in Equador when he discovered an unlucky friendship with a stray dog that became the inspiration for the book Arthur The King, and now the Lionsgate movie of the same name starring Mark Wahlberg.

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