@intrepidhero one problem is that campsites have to be reserved in advance I think. People under pressure to get to next destination. Here in El Chalten most come for just a few days. If the weather is bad they feel they must do something, so take risks we wouldn't normally take
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@Ali the alpha direct is an amazing piece of kit. I'm wearing one right now in fact! Friend in NZ sent them to us. I'd recommend Sawyer for the filter. The bigger one works better for us. 32oz
@intrepidhero yes, very, very sad. We are based on the Argentine side but we had warnings it was coming in. Everybody knew. When the storm hit we were cosy indoors drinking Malbec. Whatever the reasons for this tragic accident they should not have proceeded to go up under such conditions.
From the pass it was an easy ascent to Laguna Pollone. This is a special place. We sat down, ate some energy bars and just gazed at that awesome, dramatic scene. The reflections of the mountains echoed in the waters of the lake, which still had some morning ice drifting across. All was still. No wind. Such a tranquil moment for us both.
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@intrepidhero I've never heard of Paria products but good price and looks the part. I only have experience with Thermarest down quilts, which I love.
@mattpedals I know, we couldn't believe our luck, Sun and no wind!
We emerged onto the flat plain of the Rio Electrico valley, through some old terminal moraines, continuing over a hillside to emerge at a small pass overlooking the Rio Pollone.
What a view! Ahead was the white wall of the Cordon Marconi and to the right Gorra Blanca towered over the valley. We could see our previous campsite at La Playita, the other side of the lake.
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I looked wistfully at the grassy strip outside the refuge. It was there I had laid, battered, bruised, beaten and snow blind after retreating from Paso Marconi in 2010 (photo). Utterly exhausted we had dumped our overweight packs and stretched out in the warm sunshine on the lovely soft grasses to sleep.
15 years later ... @khusky re-enacted those precious moments 😃
Refugio del Fraile is a old fashioned, and at first sight, a somewhat run down mountain refuge that screams "Old Patagonia". It hasn't changed that much in 19 years. The campsite is in a sheltered wood and there are some large wooden buildings that serve as a toilet block and a store shed. We used to cook in the corrugated iron shacks outside that offered some protection from the rain. The refuge sells beer, wine and mountain hearty meals
@Ali very sad. I know its a very tough and dangerous peak. Many accidents over the years even to experienced mountaineers. I guess you're right ... when a client falls unexpectedly from a ridge its very difficult to stop the fall. If you don't react instantly you're unlikely to stop it
@Ali surprisingly not buggy at all. Even at dusk with water around there has been nothing that has bitten us or even annoyed us
Beauty of the Patagonian Forest to Refugio Piedra del Fraile.
The forest is a tangled mass of broken, twisted & torn trees. There are natural open glades though that let the sunlight through. It's beautiful. If you are lucky, we weren't, you just might catch sight of the Huemul deer.
Trails now well maintained & wide, nothing like the narrow, thick & spiky bush that tore at clothing back in 2006
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@neil that looks interesting and may well fit my requirements. No problem with installing linux?
@Paws2Trail @saarmuller @khusky we are based at El Chalten on the Argentine side. We got the rough weather but everyone knew it was coming in. Bitterly cold. Had to stay in drinking coffee and malbec for 2/3 days
@saarmuller @khusky yes, a tragedy, we heard about that.
Just back from probably the finest 3 day backpacking trip you could possibly imagine. Mostly just @khusky and I with no others on the trails.
Absolutely whacked. Need some time to recover and process thoughts and images. In the meantime these 4 photos will have to suffice.
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@CA_Hawthorne Good morning. Wonderful words and a superb image.
@Ali yeah, thanks
@Ali I'm absolutely knackered. Just got back from multi day backpacking trip. Everything aching. Need some serious rehydration and a warm bed. Great trip, well it will be when the tiredness recedes 🤣
@Ali I use these a lot especially early summer when ground hardens up
@mina He encontrado imágenes. Vaya, se ve increÃble. lo agregaré a mi lista
@mina Interesante. No he oÃdo hablar de eso, pero me encantarÃa visitar las montañas alrededor de Salta.
@mina Estoy totalmente de acuerdo
@AdamBishop cheers Adam
@saarmuller thank you!
Another image of Mt Fitzroy and Cerro Poincenot from yesterday's hike. I don't often do portrait aspects but given the scale of the mountain I think this works.
Heading off now for a 3 night backpacking trip up the Rio Electrico valley. Hopefully, the weather will play ball.
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@intrepidhero
Grab the nearest book.
• Turn to page 42.
• Find the 2nd sentence.
• Post the sentence in a post with the hashtags and write the rules as a comment.
• Don’t look for your favourite, coolest or wittiest book. Go for the closest.
@intrepidhero "The Patagonian wind so scours the landscape that in some regions the people call it La Escoba de Dios - the broom of God.
#page42
The Tower by Kelly Cordes
@earthshaking thanks. The camera angle helps enormously. I assure you at my age I can hardly leave the ground
@andrewbriscoe I think the camera angle helped enormously 🤣. The knees cracked on landing and creaked all the way down the hill
@mountainmindset good introduction Josh although I feel I've known you on here for some time. Your intro resonated because it could almost reflect my own feelings.
Examples today of lenticular clouds over the Cerro Torre & Fitzroy. They appear to be moving real slow but in fact signal very high winds speeds.
Nice to see the very summit of Cerro Torre itself appearing in one of the images. The W face will be plastered with new snow but the E facing side that we can see here is so steep no snow can accumulate apart from the snow mushrooms adorning the summit slopes.
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@andrewbriscoe yes apart from the idiot who has been persuaded by his partner to look ridiculous by jumping up in the air whilst she took a photo. Oh, the fabulous mountain in the background is Mt Fitzroy 🤣
"I can see the mountains again!"
"I can see the mountains again!"
"I can see the mountains again!"
"I can see the mountains again!"
@AdamBishop summer seems so very far away, very rapidly in Granada. Here, we had two fine weeks wearing t-shiirts in the mountains. After one bad weather week the weather is now clearing up but it's bitterly cold with below zero wind chill
@AdamBishop guess that's a bit of a shock to the system. I always found that autumn arrives and then departs pretty quickly. Winter temps are always just around the corner in November. Stay snug!
@cloudless_sky we had such good weather for the first two weeks. Almost t-shirts and shorts. I knew it couldn't last but the dramatic change back to winter conditions has shocked us.
@TimKStanton that looks like really interesting terrain. I do love those dry, semi desert type "badland" landscapes.
@roomaroo haha that's it! Exactly. Unfortunately we got spoilt by having 2 weeks of really good weather and blue skies first.
@Ali 🤣🤣
@saarmuller a week ago we had just had 2 weeks of blue skies, hiking in shorts and lightweight gear. How quickly things have changed
Braving the Arctic weather conditions, we geared up and left the warm apartment. We made the 300 meters to the bridge over the Rio de las Vueltas before we decided to call it a day and head to the warm and cosy Patagonicus Restaurant for chocolate brownies and a pot of Earl Grey tea.
As we thawed, a single, humbling thought crystallized: Maybe we ain't so tough after all 🤣
@Ali our apartment 🤣. I live in southern Spain and driving rain/sleet is a bit of a shock to the system. Some nice bars/restaurants to hang out but mainly will be just staying home
@df4or will be easing throughout the day. Strong winds again tonight and then clear from tomorrow morning. You should be ok
Heavy rain here in El Chalten. Also an orange alert for wind with 60-80 kph predicted and gusts of over 100 kph. Wind chill just above freezing. Don't think we'll be going anywhere today.
I know its not #waterfallwednesday nor even #waterfallsunday, but ... sandwiched between brutal weather alerts for wind and rain, we had a precious half-day window. The target? Chorillo del Salto, a popular waterfall just outside El Chalten. A 9km round trip with barely a hill to climb seemed like the perfect, sensible mission.
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@neil most meals can be enhanced with the addition of BBQ sauce
@drdirtbag interesting read. I have your RSS feed now on my reader. How far do you reckon you travelled and how much ascent?Not knowing the area, it just gives me an idea.
@neil me too. My FreshRSS set up is full of them. My daily news read
Came across this happy chappy yesterday when slightly away from the main trail.Word balloon time? What's he thinking? 🤣
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