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LONGRIDERS
1925... A Swiss-born British teacher living in Argentina tames two wild Patagonia horses
and sets off from Buenos Aires to New York
A TRUE STORY
8 x 50' Limited Series, Adventure
Based on Aime Tschiffely's bestseller "Tschiffely's Ride"
A madman's plan!
"Absurd!" said the "experts"
Issue of National Geographic dedicated to Tschiffely's adventure, February 1929.
Family of Tehuelche Chief Liempichún who sold Mancha and Gato to rancher Dr. Emilio Solanet, in 1915
Graham
Tschiffely
Veronica
Felix
10-week trek through Patagonia to El Cardal - Solanet's ranch where he gifted Mancha and Gato to Tschiffely, 15 years after purchasing them from the Tehuelche chief. Below, site for Tehuelches' hunt,
Cafe Tortoni - where Tschiffely heard Gardel sing and sealed his deal with Graham - yesterday like today.
St George's College - Boys' school outside Buenos Aires where Tschiffely was admired by all pupils and dared dream the impossible
April 23, 1925 - DAY ONE of his 16,000 km journey. Tschiffely says so long to Buenos Aires.
Northern Argentina and beyond...
Mosquitoes and other vermin
The "sport" that horrified Tschiffely in Lima, Peru.
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Crossing the Matacaballo Desert, in Peru - never before achieved.
Aime's own hand drawing after crossing the "impossible" Rio Santa, in the Peruvian Andes.
Crossing flimsy hanging bridge over deadly precipice, in Ecuador
Border diplomacy in the high mountains...
Sailing with cattle down the Magdalena River - Colombia, 1926
By barge across The Panama Canal, 1926
And a rest a the US Marine Barracs
Long days and weeks without seeing another soul, in the jungles of Central America, with only his horses to pass the time.
MEXICO !!!
Castle of Chapultepec - 1927
President Plutarco Calles - in a fratricide war against the Church's Cristeros - received Tschiffely at the Presidential Palace. They saw eye-to-eye on many matters - except the violence Aimé abhorred and witnessed crossing this country.
Cristeros pause during Mexican religious war
Federales execute Cristero leader, Mexico 1926
Cactus country - months of Mexican desert moving North
Mexican-US border, 1928
Making friends along the way became Aimé's best coin.
Triumphal arrival in New York, September 1928 - Ticker-tape parade and Keys to NYC from Mayor Jimmy Walker.
"Pan American" - Steamer that took Tschiffely and his traveling companions back to Buenos Aires, Xmas 1928.
"Don Roberto" Cunningham Graham, the man who help Tschiffely's dream come true, with his protegee, back in Argentina, circa 1930.
Sample storyboards by Ulrich Zeidler
Statement from a friend...
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