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 From section GPT01 to section GPT09 you will frequently meet men on horses that in late spring drive livestock up in the mountains and watch over it till they drive the animals back down in autumn. These men (and never woman!) get normally employed by the landowner that holds a large plot of land in the mountains. The animals that they watch over are normally owned by several farmers that pay for the service to fatten their animals during the mountain grazing period. These men caretakers call themselves "arrierosarriero" or "postero" and live during the summer in improvised shelters that is called a "puesto". From this base they make regular tours on horseback to the cattle, goats and horses that are remain under their responsibility.  These rough men are normally happy to get a visit. If you speak Spanish and engage in a conversation you will often be offered a seat next to the fire and it will not take long till you are offered to share some Mate with them. If you are lucky they have some fresh bread or "tortas" (the shortened word for "tortas fritas" which is in hot fat fried bread). When we pass a puesto we share at least some words; we explain what we are doing, ask for the trail condition and exchange some friendly gossip i.e. whom we meet before and ask whom we will meet further down out way. If it is late and time to camp we try to sense if we are welcome to stay night what is normally the case.  Only if the person is trunk move on quickly.