Tag Archives: mountains
Altitude absence
The best thing to do when I’m missing the mountains is to pull out my sketch book.
The Parting
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 […]
Cerro Solo, an alternate perspective
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 […]
Asados, Amigos, and Ice Cream
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 […]
A Lesson in Un-attachment
We left for Torres del Paine four days ago, with high hopes for a magical trip on the “remote back side” of the park, with our newly-found friends, Phillip and Christina. We arrived to blue skies and constant views of the towers on day one and two. We hiked an hour in the dark at […]
Vida Patagonia
Soooo! We are playing catch-up again. My largest lesson from this trip so far has been the importance of un attachment. Plans change- and not just once, usually at least twice. We left Chiloé with the intention of going to another farm in the Lakes District and instead found ourselves on a plane to Patagonia […]
chilean wanderings 