Inca Ride: 3,000 kilometers in the saddle from Cuenca to Cusco - Softcover

Lines, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1399909231 ISBN 13: 9781399909235

Publisher: Independently published, 2022

Synopsis

Four British university graduates ride 3,000 kilometres along the spine of the perilous Andes mountains. Their six-month adventure takes them through Ecuador and Peru, along the ancient routes of the Incas, the largest pre-Columbian empire in South America. Trekking with their noble criollo horses through precipitous mountain, dense jungle and searing desert, enduring altitudes up to 15,000 feet, they are exposed to some of the most savage terrain on Earth. On their path, they experience injury and disease, find themselves held at gunpoint, and become subjected to the immense instability of the Andean elements.

Before their departure in January 2009, half the team had no equine expertise, riding competence or Spanish tongue, and none had spent more than a cluster of nights away from the comfort of a warm bed.

Inca Ride is the story of their journey, their friendship and humour, the companionship with their steeds, and their human encounters along the way. This is a tale that will captivate travellers, horse enthusiasts and those with a love for the happenstance of life itself.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1399909231
• ISBN 13: 9781399909235
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 271