SOUTH AMERICA >

ON LOCATION >
Patagonia, Chile and Corrientes Province, Argentina.

COWBOY CUISINE >
Maté is the original cowboy coffee.

The ozone layer is so thin at this low latitude, further aggravated by high altitude, that the crew began to experience a curious type of stinging sunburn, UVA penetrating into the lower levels of skin. This combined with the devilish weather — blazing sun to blasting sleet and back in a single hour — and the crew began to look a bit worse for the wear. The conditions only increased our respect for the riders and their rugged, seemingly tireless mounts.

Filming in Patagonia wrapped with a huge banquet at the estancia, with thirty baqueanos and crew filling a long rough-hewn table, drinking wine from goatskins and eating a huge 'parilla' of every kind of fresh grilled meat available in the region — not a meal for the vegetarian, but one that none of us will soon forget.