At what time of our lives do we discover our passions?

Undoubtedly after some motivation from our environment.

Well, in my first years of school, I remember that I spent several summers in “Rincón Negro”, Cerro Castillo, where my remembered and beloved uncle Daniel was in charge of taking care of the ranch. It was then that my approach to horses occurred that would last me a lifetime. Added to that fact, my friendship with my friends and dear neighbors “Garay”, made me live on the plot – metaphorically speaking.

It was how I learned not only to ride a horse but also to do all the country chores, such as looking for herds in large ranches, feeding the dogs, branding, herding cattle, jumping on horseback, riding steers, fixing wire fences, “cuerear” (removing the leather). sheep), branding, lacerating, chasing rheas, looking for rhea eggs, being kicked by horses, being knocked over by calves, etc.

Then came tourism, and the question that blossoms at some point of creation: what if we sell horseback riding tours?

Then the surveys begin with my friend Kiko, with Brigitta’s horses in Torres del Paine (1988), there I discovered what the French glacier was! especially at one point we got into a mud pit through which we had to get off the horses, because they had gotten stuck.

I will never forget our survey to Cerro “El Cazador” in Cerro Castillo, with my friend and chief of Baqueanos, at the turn of the years in Torres del Paine Mr. José Soto, despite having been born in cold lands, and having lived in Duluth, where we got to have -30ºC (minus 30 degrees), I never felt so cold as on that occasion!

This is how our concession for horse services both cargo transportation and rides in Torres del Paine arrives. We began to provide services to the Hotel Explora with fine Chilean and Patagonian horses. Our horseback rides begin in the Serrano River plain, three days crossing from Laguna Amarga through Lake Nordenskjold until reaching the old “Italian” refuge, then reaching the vicinity of the Gray glacier, the next day the return to the park administration began where our base was.

The development of this activity was pleasant for several reasons, without a doubt the integrity of our field men stands out when analyzing the success of this business, since it was easy to work with 23 people of “word” value so scarce these days.

When your passion protects and controls your motivation, there is only one step left for the success of your venture.

Hugs and have a good week!