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Trip report, personal thoughts and recommendations after this years expedition to the Patagonian Icecap

Trip report from day 6 of our expedition to ski the highest volcanoes in Kamchatka

Trip report from day 5 of our expedition to ski the highest volcanoes in Kamchatka

Trip report from day 4 of our expedition to ski the highest volcanoes in Kamchatka

Trip report from day 3 of our expedition to ski the highest volcanoes in Kamchatka

Trip report from day 2 of our expedition to ski the highest volcanoes in Kamchatka

Trip report from day 1 of our expedition to ski the highest volcanoes in Kamchatka

Kiersten and I were packed close together for warmth, huddled in a tent in the middle of the night. Outside the blizzard was raging with air temps -30C and winds of over 100kph. Our hopes of climbing Klyuchevskaya Sopka were dashed. Welcome to Kamchatka

It’s a tough trek to the Cirque de los Altares in Patagonia. The outcome is never certain. Raging rivers, complex moraines, huge glaciers and of course the constant battering from the prevailing westerly winds provide the main obstacles.

It’s a tough trek to the Cirque de los Altares in Patagonia. The outcome is never certain. Raging rivers, complex moraines, huge glaciers and of course the constant battering from the prevailing westerly winds provide the main obstacles.

Our expedition to Kamchatka in 2013 to ski Klyutchevskoy Sopka was an unforgettable mountain experience. Hard, tough, weather against us. But we loved it!

Poem by Michelle Wright about her time spent on our 2011 Southern Patagonian Icecap Expedition

With the humble effort of a mule, 2 drovers and 4 mountaineers. If all who use the refuge care and respect it. Keep it, the lake and the environment clean. Take our garbage and leave the window and door locked when we leave. We will continue to have shelter for many years to come

Thought you might like to see one of the characters I met whilst in Patagonia recently. Its a White-throated Caracara (phalcoboenus albogularis).

Sometimes it takes a great effort to leave the comfort of one's home and head for the cold, icy peaks. Some hardship though, is always rewarded by the mountains.

Yesterday went to the "Bar Flower" in Lanjarón. I had been rock climbing with 2 clients and had told them I'd take them to an really authentic Spanish working ...

Ok here we go, the long awaited video from our trip. Hope you dont get too bored! Patagonian Expedition 2010

We have to keep going, we are beyond the point of no return and safety lies ahead of us not behind us. Non of us have ever experienced anything like the 36 hours that that we lived through.

We have to keep going, we are beyond the point of no return and safety lies ahead of us not behind us. Non of us have ever experienced anything like the 36 hours that that we lived through.

Report from Jane Fields on her experiences on the Patagonian Icefield Expedition in 2006