<p>The world of equestrian travel seldom recognizes international borders, being content to urge its mounted adherents to ride where they will. Few people better symbolize this ancient philosophy of unrestricted freedom than Ana Beker. The only child of Lithuanians who had immigrated to Argentina, Beker grew up surrounded by horses on the vast, wind-swept pampas. Her earliest memories were centered around these four legged friends. She literally grew up in the saddle, ignoring the traditions of the male oriented society which said that a woman’s place was by the hearth, not in the saddle. History might have been content to let her stay in her homeland, until a fateful meeting changed her fate forever. In the early 1940s Beker heard a lecture given by Aimé Tschiffely, who had himself ridden from Argentina to Washington DC ten years earlier. When the famous horseman scoffed at the young girl’s idea to ride alone even further than he had, from Argentina to Canada, Beker accepted Tschiffely’s challenge, mounted up, and never looked back. What followed was an equestrian journey of Homeric proportions. With her eyes always on the horizon, Beker began a 17,000 mile mounted odyssey that would fix her place in the annals of equestrian travel history. Amply illustrated, “The Courage to Ride” is thus not only a thrilling adventure tale, it is also a true account of a wild heart that would not be conquered.</p>

The Courage to Ride: One Woman's 17,000-Mile Mounted Odyssey from Argentina to Canada (Equestrian Travel Classics)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Beker, Ana

Pets & Animal Care

Long Riders' Guild Press

<p>El viaje de Ana Beker comenzó el 1 de octubre de 1950 en Buenos Aires con los caballos Churrito y Príncipe y acabó el 6 de julio de 1954 cuando Ana Beker desmontó frente a la embajada argentina en Ottawa en compañía de los caballos Chiquito y Furia, reemplazantes de los caballos iniciales, que fueron víctimas de los rigores afrontados durante el largo viaje. En este largo recorrido de 25,000 km, Ana Beker atravesó Argentina, Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador, Colombia, Panamá, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, México y de Texas volvió a partir rumbo a Nueva Orleáns, Washington, Nueva York y Montreal hasta llegar a Ottawa. Entre las peripecias pasadas, Ana Beker cuenta el pedido de matrimonio de un cacique, como atraviesa sin dificultad la guerra civil en Colombia, su encuentro con un buscador de tesoros en el lago Titicaca y su escape de los cazadores de vicuñas. En Bolivia estuvo dos meses perdida, sin poder salir de sus montañas. Entre Costa Rica y Guatemala, la asaltaron unos bandidos. En México volvieron a asaltarla, pero ningún percance fue capaz de detener a esta valiente mujer durante los tres años y ocho meses que duró su extraordinaria aventura.</p>

Ana Beker, Amazona de Las Amricas - La Extraordinaria Hazaa de Una Mujer a Caballo Desde Argentina a Canad (Spanish Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Trotamundas Press

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