The Way of the Gaucho | National Geographic

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