Fitz Roy: Trekking in the Patagonian Andes of El Chalten, Argentina: Fitz Roy


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March 13th 2009
Published: May 18th 2009
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So the next day, we woke up somewhat early and headed out for the trek. It was freezing, windy, and rainy, and that rain soon turned into snow! But we were hiking in the middle of the Andes mountains, which was beautiful. So the first portion was only about 3 hours to the first campsite, el Campamiento Poincenot. We arrived there in the afternoon, still absolutely freezing, made some warm past... Read Full Entry



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Day 2 of the trekDay 2 of the trek
Day 2 of the trek

perfect skies- all of a sudden we could see all the mountains and pretty views that were blocked by the grey clouds the day before
lagoon in front of el Glacier Torrelagoon in front of el Glacier Torre
lagoon in front of el Glacier Torre

took this picture from our campsite we slept at the 2nd night of the trek
the other side of the lagoonthe other side of the lagoon
the other side of the lagoon

our campsite is in the middle of those trees about 20 meters from the lagoon
Bo on the 3rd day really happy trekking in the rainBo on the 3rd day really happy trekking in the rain
Bo on the 3rd day really happy trekking in the rain

we we got back to the town of El Chalten that day, all our stuff in our bags was completely soaked because we failed to trek with a waterproof cover on our stuff... oops.



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