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PATAGONIA 2009. Camilo López. Our journey to Patagonia started on the 5th of Janurary as we boarded our 8 am plane to Miami enduring a short 10 hour lay over then on to Santaigo, Chile. We survived the duffle shuffle of passing gear in between bags to meet the carry on weight eventually making every bag right on within half a kilo. We arrived in Santiago in early morning and hauled our 100+ kilos of gear on to the local bus that drove us the main terminal where we would catch our first of five never ending bus rides. . |
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From Santaigo we rode twelve hours to Osorno, Chile then catching the next bus to Bariloche. In Bariloche we rested from the long travel, drank lots of cerveca and ate lots of bife. And of course bought chocolates!! After our short stay in Bariloche we went on to,Rio Gagellos, and finally Calafate where we spent an open bivy in the bus station dreaming of the mountains we love. We left on the first bus to Chalten, riding on stools next to the driver as there were no seats left!! Finally after 42 hours of bus riding we arrived in our beloved Chalten. As we drove on the ruta 40 the Great Fitz Roy peered out into the bright blue sky. We arrived in Chalten around noon and set up our Nemo tent in Del Lago camp because the Madsen has been shut down. We had heard the weather was good for one more day and possibly half of another so we decided to take advantage and move our gear to Paso Superior, the high camp for Fitz Roy. We quickly packed our gear the next morning and headed up the trail. Moving quickly we made it to the base of the glacier and bivied there. The next morning we went over the glacier to Paso Superior and cached our gear there. The weather was perfect with clear sunny blue skies allowing us to see the vast mountains in front of us. Now we wait once again for the next weather window. Our gear is in place and we are both feeling really strong and ready to climb. Wish us luck!! |
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