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Having just riden a bmw f650gs in northern chile, bolivia and peru, i came home and reread chasing che. Patrick symmes is the author of chasing che and writes for harper s, outside, new york, and conde nast traveler magazines. Patrick symmes makes you feel the ride with all the many real challenges. Chasing che is a documentary tale of travel, both physical and intellectual, that follows symmes as he saddles up. And on the way he runs out of gas in an argentine desert, talks a peruvian guerrilla out of taking him hostage.
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