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Yet the school teacher who became an equestrian explorer had been told he was too inexperienced, his horses too old, and the journey too difficult. What Aime Tschiffely was told was wrong. This is the story of the greatest equestrian epic of the twentieth century, a journey that came about because a man and his horses refused to quit - ever  During the course of their travels Tschiffely, Mancha and Gato crossed deadly deserts, passed through jungles, traversed sky-high mountain passes - and rode on. They were assailed by vampire bats, mistaken for gods and navigated the Panama Canal - but rode on. Nothing stopped them. No one since has rivalled their accomplishments. Often imitated but never outdone, this timeless book remains the most beloved equestrian travel classic of all time. So saddle up for the ride of a lifetime. But beware: the story of Tschiffely's Ride has inspired five generations to take to the saddle in search of mounted adventure.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50134949232913,"sku":"CIN162087640XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50272112279825,"sku":"GOR013233349","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50491829551377,"sku":"CIN162087640XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/162087640X.jpg?v=1750720850"},{"product_id":"southern-cross-to-pole-star-book-aim-tschiffely-9781781857205","title":"Southern Cross to Pole Star","description":"Aimé Tschiffely had an unlikely dream: to ride 10,000 miles from Buenos Aires to New York City. On 23 April 1925 this quiet, unassuming schoolteacher, with little equestrian experience, set out on his epic journey. His only companions were two native Argentine horses called Mancha and Gato.   Together the trio traversed the Pampas, scaled the Andes and swam across the crocodile-infested rivers of Colombia. Along the way they were assailed by vampire bats, mistaken for gods and stalked by hostile revolutionaries. After two harrowing years, the man who had originally been labelled 'a lunatic' by the press was accorded a ticker-tape parade when he rode triumphantly through the streets of New York.   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Instead the local press derided him as a lunatic proposing to ride overland to New York. The time was 1925. The place, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Standing on the threshold of equestrian travel history was a young Swiss Long Rider named Aime Tschiffely. Next to him were his two faithful Criollo horses, Mancha and Gato. Their collective goal was to ride more than ten thousand miles from Buenos Aires to New York. No one had ever attempted such a journey. Everyone thought Tschiffely was mad. Looking back on what would become the most famous equestrian journey of the modern age, it is difficult to believe that anyone doubted the abilities of the legendary Long Rider and his hardy horses. Yet the school teacher who became an equestrian explorer had been told he was too inexperienced, his horses too old, and the journey too difficult. What Aime Tschiffely was told was wrong. 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Era un maestro de escuela que ambicionaba realizar una gran empreso. Cual podia ser? Su espiritu romantico, con algo de aventurer y no poco de heroe, lo espoleaba de continuo. Se decidio por fin. Aime Tschiffely era entre nosotros uno de esos extranjeros con corazon argentino: amaba lo nuestro, y, como algo muy nuestro, al caballito criollo. Formulo un aserto y se propuso demostrarlo: El caballo criollo argentino es de una guapeza y resistencia a toda prueba - dijo - y no cede a ninguno en el trabajo duro y continuardo en cualquier condicion. Para demonstralo eligio a Mancha y Gato, y llevado por ellos unio en un raid sin precedentes en los anales de la equitacion, las dos extremas capitales de las republicas americanas: Buenos Aires y Washington. Confio, como el mismo lo dice, su salud y aun su vida al generoso y noble aguante de estos dos caballos, hijos de la Patagonia. Ni la humedad insalubre de las selvas tropicales y de las regiones lacustres y pantanosas, ni el sol abrasador de los desiertos ni los precipicios y ventisqueros de las montanas ni el hambre ni la sed ni el frio fueron suficientes para debilitar el entusiasmo del hombre ni para doblegar el aguante de sus dos caballos. Mancha y Gato llevaron a su dueno hasta la meta despues de un recorrido de 18.000 kilometros. 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