Comments for PIPEinArgentina.com http://pipeinargentina.com Positioned In Perpetual Exploration Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:30:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Five Nearly Perfect Days in Patagonia, Part I by Pipe http://pipeinargentina.com/?p=72#comment-453 Pipe Tue, 20 May 2008 15:00:22 +0000 http://pipeinargentina.com/?p=72#comment-453 Roberto, Thank you for kind words and honest explanations. As a writer, my intentions are to create a picture of the moment that highlights the comic undertones, as I see them. I meant to finish the article with a bit more poignantly; however, I never got back it. In short, my experience at Cerro Frias was nothing short of amazing. I enjoyed you and the horses and I would recommend to anybody interested in visiting Patagonia, to visit Cerro Frias and do what I did. Take care and give my best to everyone. Roberto,

Thank you for kind words and honest explanations.

As a writer, my intentions are to create a picture of the moment that highlights the comic undertones, as I see them. I meant to finish the article with a bit more poignantly; however, I never got back it.

In short, my experience at Cerro Frias was nothing short of amazing. I enjoyed you and the horses and I would recommend to anybody interested in visiting Patagonia, to visit Cerro Frias and do what I did. Take care and give my best to everyone.

]]> Comment on Five Nearly Perfect Days in Patagonia, Part I by me http://pipeinargentina.com/?p=72#comment-452 me Tue, 20 May 2008 07:11:08 +0000 http://pipeinargentina.com/?p=72#comment-452 what happened? what happened?

]]> Comment on Five Nearly Perfect Days in Patagonia, Part I by Roberto L. Cavanagh http://pipeinargentina.com/?p=72#comment-451 Roberto L. Cavanagh Mon, 19 May 2008 21:24:08 +0000 http://pipeinargentina.com/?p=72#comment-451 My dear friend: After reading this article you wrote Im forced to reply about some truth you should know so as to make yourself and your friends aware of reality. Im TITO, the manager of Cerro Frias. The same guy who went with you up the mountain...and the same guy who sadly took an eye from my horse. Im the one who gives the names to the horses, according to something the have or did or sometimes in their history. Every each of the horses we have has a name, but sometimes its difficult to explain why they are called in such a way, specially to people who are not familiar with our culture. But lets start with Al Capone. Theres nothing gangster with him. If it was for his personality I would have called him Mahatma Gandhi. The thing is that when we bought Al capone we realised that he was a full male. That means he hadnt been castrated. So the thing is we had to castrate that horse because we did not need a stallion ( specially for the horsebackriding you did). In argentina whe an animal has just been castrated we call it a "Capon". This word is specially used with sheep. Now from that meaning came his name as an alternative from it. "Capon", "Capone", "Al Capone". So now you see hes no gangster but a simple horse who has no rights for being a father..."Al Capone" sounds nicer. Second step: Blairs horse was indeed called "Saruman". Yes as the evil wizard. Did you find any evil in him? We have an old horse who is really big and his hair is white. He has been with us since the beggining and his name is "Gandalf". He has been called that way because of his size, his hair and his age. Many years after we bought the horse Blair rode and he looked very similar to "Gandalf" so we said to ourselves: " well, if we have Gandalf...we must have Saruman as well!" Im a big movie fan so many of the horses are named after certain character in a movie. Even theres one called "Darth vader" because hes big and black, but nothing to do with being the bad guy. Y have one called Maximus after the Gladiator and I think he was the good guy in that movie. So dont be confused. The names given to the horses come from a mixture between how the look like and their history. And of course the knoledge and culture one has. Wakeing up in the morning and thinking "ok, Im going to name that horse John" doesnt sound very fun. Horses have no evil...we humans do. Topic three: My horses name ( the black stallion) is "Cortes". But nothing to do with the spanish conqueror. It comes from the surname of someone I know who is small and black. Usually I call the horse "Potro" which means stallion, even though he is not. But sometimes he thinks he is and thats why I call him that way. The story with "Potro" is this: One morning I was out on the field looking for some horses with him and we were a bit late. We had to prepare about 18 horses for the horsebackriding and imagine how nervous I was. The thing is that at a certain moment the horse pulled his head back and knocked me in the face. And as a stupid human reaction I punched him in the left side of his head..so unlucky that I hit and damaged his eye. Couldnt feel worst. I love horses and Ive been with them practically my whole life. It comes to a moment when you want to have a time machine and go back and take a better desition. But there was nothing to be done. I went back to the corral feeling as hell. I couldnt speak. Not even to explain the other boys what had just happened. People (tourists) came and I went out with them with the horseback riding but I could not talk. I just wanted to go back and be with the horse. That same evening I called the owner and told him what happened. I told him I was feeling ashamed of myself and that I wanted to buy the horse from him. He asked me if I wanted to kill him and of course I said No, that I just wanted to buy him so as to make him mine. As followed he told me he had given that horse to me as a gift so as to make me feel better. And that was what I wanted. That horse became the heavybag I will carry with me until the day I die. My burden. I treat him in a special way. Feeding him and brushing him every time I can and you must know that I apologize to him all the time eventhough I know its not going to change anything. What is done is done. And I still feel sorry for what I did. Sometimes we make mistakes and we must accept them. Thats part of being human. And with our mistakes we learn more so as to improve ourselves...so as not to make them again. Im in Buenos Aires now. The season has ended in calafate and its been nearly two years since the horse incident. But you know something, I miss the horses a lot and specially him. And I cant wait until September so as to see them all. At home I only have pictures of them and when I look at the pictures of my horse, the black stallion, I still feel bad and want to say sorry... Well, I hope all this information Ive given you helps to understand somethings. You were the first tourists who ever knew what had happened with his eye. Its not something easy to tell, you know. But I accept it. I will say hi to "Al Capone" for you, ok? If you like I can send you pictures of the horses, Al and Saruman and Potro. Got plenty of them. Take care and say hello to your friends for me, will you. Bye. Tito. My dear friend: After reading this article you wrote Im forced to reply about some truth you should know so as to make yourself and your friends aware of reality. Im TITO, the manager of Cerro Frias. The same guy who went with you up the mountain…and the same guy who sadly took an eye from my horse.
Im the one who gives the names to the horses, according to something the have or did or sometimes in their history. Every each of the horses we have has a name, but sometimes its difficult to explain why they are called in such a way, specially to people who are not familiar with our culture. But lets start with Al Capone. Theres nothing gangster with him. If it was for his personality I would have called him Mahatma Gandhi. The thing is that when we bought Al capone we realised that he was a full male. That means he hadnt been castrated. So the thing is we had to castrate that horse because we did not need a stallion ( specially for the horsebackriding you did). In argentina whe an animal has just been castrated we call it a “Capon”. This word is specially used with sheep. Now from that meaning came his name as an alternative from it. “Capon”, “Capone”, “Al Capone”. So now you see hes no gangster but a simple horse who has no rights for being a father…”Al Capone” sounds nicer.
Second step: Blairs horse was indeed called “Saruman”. Yes as the evil wizard. Did you find any evil in him? We have an old horse who is really big and his hair is white. He has been with us since the beggining and his name is “Gandalf”. He has been called that way because of his size, his hair and his age. Many years after we bought the horse Blair rode and he looked very similar to “Gandalf” so we said to ourselves: ” well, if we have Gandalf…we must have Saruman as well!” Im a big movie fan so many of the horses are named after certain character in a movie. Even theres one called “Darth vader” because hes big and black, but nothing to do with being the bad guy. Y have one called Maximus after the Gladiator and I think he was the good guy in that movie. So dont be confused. The names given to the horses come from a mixture between how the look like and their history. And of course the knoledge and culture one has. Wakeing up in the morning and thinking “ok, Im going to name that horse John” doesnt sound very fun. Horses have no evil…we humans do.
Topic three: My horses name ( the black stallion) is “Cortes”. But nothing to do with the spanish conqueror. It comes from the surname of someone I know who is small and black. Usually I call the horse “Potro” which means stallion, even though he is not. But sometimes he thinks he is and thats why I call him that way. The story with “Potro” is this: One morning I was out on the field looking for some horses with him and we were a bit late. We had to prepare about 18 horses for the horsebackriding and imagine how nervous I was. The thing is that at a certain moment the horse pulled his head back and knocked me in the face. And as a stupid human reaction I punched him in the left side of his head..so unlucky that I hit and damaged his eye. Couldnt feel worst. I love horses and Ive been with them practically my whole life. It comes to a moment when you want to have a time machine and go back and take a better desition. But there was nothing to be done. I went back to the corral feeling as hell. I couldnt speak. Not even to explain the other boys what had just happened. People (tourists) came and I went out with them with the horseback riding but I could not talk. I just wanted to go back and be with the horse. That same evening I called the owner and told him what happened. I told him I was feeling ashamed of myself and that I wanted to buy the horse from him. He asked me if I wanted to kill him and of course I said No, that I just wanted to buy him so as to make him mine. As followed he told me he had given that horse to me as a gift so as to make me feel better. And that was what I wanted. That horse became the heavybag I will carry with me until the day I die. My burden. I treat him in a special way. Feeding him and brushing him every time I can and you must know that I apologize to him all the time eventhough I know its not going to change anything. What is done is done. And I still feel sorry for what I did. Sometimes we make mistakes and we must accept them. Thats part of being human. And with our mistakes we learn more so as to improve ourselves…so as not to make them again.
Im in Buenos Aires now. The season has ended in calafate and its been nearly two years since the horse incident. But you know something, I miss the horses a lot and specially him. And I cant wait until September so as to see them all. At home I only have pictures of them and when I look at the pictures of my horse, the black stallion, I still feel bad and want to say sorry…
Well, I hope all this information Ive given you helps to understand somethings. You were the first tourists who ever knew what had happened with his eye. Its not something easy to tell, you know. But I accept it.
I will say hi to “Al Capone” for you, ok? If you like I can send you pictures of the horses, Al and Saruman and Potro. Got plenty of them. Take care and say hello to your friends for me, will you. Bye.

Tito.

]]> Comment on PHOTOS by Pietro Nati http://pipeinargentina.com/?page_id=15#comment-429 Pietro Nati Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:47:56 +0000 http://pipeinargentina.com/?page_id=15#comment-429 Where pics from Sorifa in this side ? Could not find them . Eventually : where, what linck ? TY . Ciao, Pietro Where pics from Sorifa in this side ? Could not find them . Eventually : where, what linck ?
TY . Ciao, Pietro

]]> Comment on Salt Flats, Boliva by Teddy and Belles http://pipeinargentina.com/?p=75#comment-382 Teddy and Belles Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:29:51 +0000 http://pipeinargentina.com/?p=75#comment-382 Dont worry about us Mr. Armillay, we are doing fine. We are going to make lots of money and have lots of chicks chasing us some day. Mostly for the money. We are still allowed in school, and we still have a GPA, Teddys is just really low. Let us know when you are back in the US. We miss you. -Teddy and Belles Dont worry about us Mr. Armillay, we are doing fine. We are going to make lots of money and have lots of chicks chasing us some day. Mostly for the money.
We are still allowed in school, and we still have a GPA, Teddys is just really low. Let us know when you are back in the US. We miss you.
-Teddy and Belles

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