Tschiffely's Ride: Ten Thousand Miles in the Saddle from Southern Cross to Pole StarAimé Tschiffely
Taschenbuch
Fromthe southeast coast of South America through an expanse of Peruvian sands enroute to the West Coast, then onward through Central American jungles andrainforest, and finally to New York, Tschiffely s journey was considered impossibleand absurd by many newspaper writers in 1925. However, after two and a halfyears on horseback with two of his trusty and tough steeds, this daring trekkerlived to tell his best-selling tale. Tschiffely s10, 000-mile journey was filled with adventure and triumph, but it also forcedthe traveler to deal with tremendous natural and man-made obstacles, as manycountries in Central America were war-torn. He traversed rivers and mountains inhurricanes and hail storms, stopping to stay the night with farmers andvillagers in huts who often shared their mysterious and superstitious tales. Heate dried goats meat in a desolate town of Santiago del Estero, watchedillegal cockfights and vicious machete battles between plantation workers in Jujuy, and was healed by an Indian herb doctor in the mountains of Bolivia forhis infection after excavating graves; these obstacles have captured the heartsof people from around the world. Inaddition to the remarkable details of his travel expedition, Tschiffely srelationship with his horses, Mancha and Gato, is perhaps the most endearingelement of the book, and his photos of the people and places he encounteredmake Tschiffely s Ride the perfecttravel companion for adventure enthusiasts.
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