Puerto Baquerizo

July 28, 2013 1600 × 1067 Galapagos Journal Notes

Puerto Baquerizo

Took a break from a short hike to swim in this picture perfect lagoon for my Birthday. The bay where Darwin first arrived in the Galapagos. Punta Carola is an easy walk out of Baquerizo, the capital of the Galapagos, on San Cristobal island.

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Exploits from my time outside the box.

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In the Fall I plan to wed Sarah Del Balso.

Mt. Madison proposal

Sarah and Michael

Wedding
August 20, 2015 Michael Leave a comment
A short story about glacier research I helped out on in Nepal.

Annapurna Snowfall

Annapurna Dreams
June 19, 2014 Michael Leave a comment
Published again. It is good to climb with a professional photographer!

I’m in the green jacket.

American Climber Published
April 16, 2014 Michael Leave a comment
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Bloglovin
March 28, 2014 Michael Leave a comment
‘Quien se apura en la Patagonia pierde el tiempo,’ locals say (‘Those who hurry in Patagonia lose time’). We’ll likely be here another week, waiting for the high system to move in and shift our winds around from the South.

Sailing on from Tortel.
January 5, 2013 Michael Leave a comment
Two carts. First time at this, but I think that should handle it for two to make the sail from Caleta Tortel to Puerto Monte. Back online in a few weeks.

Sailing preparation
December 28, 2012 Michael 1 Comment
These three days are worthy of a full blog post (coming soon): trekking out to Glaciar O’Higgins, staying on a ranch where I was told only twenty a year pass through, in a natural landscape that was right up there with any I’ve seen. Inspiring to experience the traditional subsistence ranching the father and son carry on. The true Patagonia.

Carmela Mancilla
December 20, 2012 Michael Leave a comment
If you are going to cross a border, you might as well make it interesting. Argentina / Chile, no phone or computer, only a paper record of who comes and goes. Carried the way too heavy pack for five hours through forest and pass from Lago Desierto to the two home “town” of Candelaria Mancilla.

Entering Chile
December 17, 2012 Michael Leave a comment
Heading out to the end of the road in Chile. Bus, boat, walk for a day, then boat.

Villa O’higgins
December 15, 2012 Michael 1 Comment
Alpine climbing Huntington Ravine, Mount Washington, NH. The footage is actually from three different days in Jan-Feb 2012. The climbs include Pinnacle Gully, Damnation Gully and the top-out is from South Gully. Winds on Pinnacle and Damnation were high those two subsequent days in February, upwards of 90 MPH, but conditions throughout most of the climbs were picture perfect, calm and sunny!

Huntington Days
March 21, 2012 Michael Leave a comment
View from Gokyo Ri, Khumbu, Nepal

Another one from Nepal
June 28, 2010 Michael Leave a comment
Me on Gokyo Ri, 2010

An old one from Nepal
June 28, 2010 Michael Leave a comment