El Chalten is a tough place to leave. It is an easy to settle into, close knit, climber community, in a spectacular mountain scene; and it is also surrounded by ice sheet to the west and desert to the east. There is always a day bus to a flight out of Calafate, or one of …
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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.
The guidebook says "Coleta Tortel is one of those places that simply has to be seen to be believed". And, it certainly is surreal. The town didn't have a road to it until 2003 and is built on the slopes of a steep fjord. There are …
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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 …
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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 …
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Heading out to the end of the road in Chile. Bus, boat, walk for a day, then boat.
Exploits from my time outside the box.
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. 
The guidebook says "Coleta Tortel is one of those places that simply has to be seen to be believed". And, it certainly is surreal. The town didn't have a road to it until 2003 and is built on the slopes of a steep fjord. There are … Continue Reading ›› 
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 … Continue Reading ›› 
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 … Continue Reading ›› 
Heading out to the end of the road in Chile. Bus, boat, walk for a day, then boat.