In 2013, a former U.S. National Park Ranger, Robert "Mac" McIntosh was volunteering with the Mongol Ecology Center assisting managers at Lake Hovsgol National Park near the Russian border with Mongolia. As they reviewed planning documents with the parks chief ranger Enkhtaivan a call came in - there was an illegal campsite discovered on park lands nearby. Mac watched helplessly as the chief ranger hopped on his motorcycle only to have it immediately break down.  He could not do his job. This happened routinely, and Mac learned rangers across the country could not pursue or keep up with illegal poachers, miners, campers and other spoilers of the park.  He had seen enough. Mac told Wesley Thornberry founder of Mongol Ecology Center, that he would take it upon himself to buy a new motorcycle, ride it across Mongolia and personally deliver it so Enkhtaivan could sucessfully and safely perform his job.  Upon returning to the states, Wesley related this story to his friends and asked "Who's in?" Rally for Rangers was born.