Fitz Roy: Trekking in the Patagonian Andes of El Chalten, Argentina: Fitz Roy
March 13th 2009 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
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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 
