Cerro Torre

Patagonia: The Fitzroy

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January 12th 2009
The following journal is from January of 2008. 1/15 In Transit We started our day a 5:30 a.m. when the alarm sounded in our Ivins, Utah bedroom. After spending much of the day in the air, including an 11 1/2 hour flight from Chicago to Buenos Aires, we landed in El Calafate the next night at 8:00 p.m. 1/16 El Calafate It’s hard to imagine that we’d be happy after a day and a half in an ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Calafate

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more