Tag Archives: Patagonia
Movement
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 […]
NOLS Patagonia
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 […]
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 […]
AMAZEballs
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 […]
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 […]
Airports and Introductions
We’re here- in the Dallas airport- about to board a plane for three months in Chile. Tomorrow morning, I’ll wake up in a place I’ve only dreamed of. It’ll be 2014. It still hasn’t hit me yet. We don’t speak much Spanish, but I’m not worried (that’s what the linguistics major was for, right?). I […]
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