As our time at NOLS was coming to a close, we made the decision to head back into Argentina for the last week and a half of our trip. We didn’t get to spend as much time on and around the Carretera Austral as we’d have liked to, but with an impending plane flight we […]
The best thing to do when I’m missing the mountains is to pull out my sketch book.
Two months into our South American travels was the appropriate wait before Patagonia fly fishing crept into my physical existence. Oh, it had been very much on my mind this trip, but the time and conditions had not yet allowed me to give it the attention it deserved. Our extended stay at NOLS gave me […]
Fast forward a few days of traveling and we found ourselves at the NOLS Patagonia branch in Coyhaique, Chile. For a sense of scale- Coyhaique is about 17 hours northwest of Chaltén, and probably that far south of Puerto Montt, the beginning of what is considered Chilean Patagonia. We arrived around 7pm to a birthday […]
Following our adventure on Solo, we returned to our friends at Aylen-Aike preparing an asado for the night! They were happy to see our safe return after watching the weather in the mountains all day. We were very glad to be back in a warm place with their company as well. The time in El […]
When we came to Chaltén, I had not even an inkling that I would end up 200 meters from my first Patagonian cumbre. So, fast-forward to Cerro Solo. Our route had us gaining and losing about 1600 meters in one day. Translation- STEEP! I was feeling a bit anxious about this when we arrived at […]
Our hiking adventures have been above our expectations, but there were limits that needed to be pushed… After a night of asado with our new climber friend (Ryan), he convinced us that Cerro Solo should be high priority on things to experience in El Chaltén. It didn’t take long and we had our guide Mathias […]
Apologies again for our absence! I’ll start from where Hollis left off… Following our magical trip in the mountains, we all arrived back to town and made a beeline for the homemade ice cream shop, Domo Blanco. I don’t have a photo on my phone (too busy enjoying!), but it’s the best ice cream in […]
We decided that our first major outing in El Chaltén would be a five day trek through the Fitz Roy Range. It didn’t take long to gather our team (Christina, Phillip, Alice, and Holy), resupply our fuel and food, and map out our route. A five day, four night adventure was planned. The first day […]
The first three days here in El Chatlén were without a cloud in the sky. The ranger told us at least 8 times (I’m not exaggerating) that ‘we were lucky’. Both of us were fighting a cold and waiting for our friends to arrive in town, but we couldn’t just sit around. We took this […]
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