Gauchos | National Geographic

in the countryside of argentina cowboy
light has scarcely changed over the past
three centuries the gaucho is a hero a
legendary figure larger than life
but these are the real Gauchos men who
still live this life if there is such a
thing as a class at Goucher it is Don
Jose and Sola he believes solitude helps
preserve the purest form of Gaucho life
Shinobu lira we will a little camp if I
couldn’t live in a camp oh the
countryside and unthinkable thought I
don’t know what I do I’d rather live in
a shack out here than in a palace in the
city there’s too much I’d miss the sound
of hoofbeats the birds are dawn zipping
Marty in the clean air no city has that
Argentina virtually the last refuge of
this lifestyle is home to nearly 150,000
archers
their herds thrive in this sea of grass
which means that a Gauchos work is never
done
Shakuntala Alisa a struggle against
nature is very beautiful or difficult in
winter it’s cold and wet from morning
tonight and summer brutally hot but
somehow it all gives me strength it
nourishes my soul the life of a gaucho
is one of adaptation to climate to a
landscape and to an ageless way of life
that even now sustains them