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March 21st 2011
Published: November 8th 2011
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Glacier Hound Glaciers--can I ever get enough of them? I'd fallen in love with these rivers of ice in the Alps and in Alaska and through climbing films, and I longed to walk on one and peer down into a lapis-blue crevasse. Finally, in my beloved El Chalten, I got to sail across a turquoise lake, strap on crampons and walk on the whipped cream peaks of Argentina's largest glacier, Viedma. A... Read Full Entry



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Tara Cloud
taracloud
taracloud
I´m a one-way ticket, slow traveler, relishing the freedom of the open road and trusting serendipity to guide my journey. When I was younger, I used to travel for a year at a time. Then a few years ago, I roamed Europe and North Africa for three and a half years and liked that even better. On August 1st, 2010, I left my peaceful Mission Canyon paradise in Santa Barbara's mellow summer and emerged from a couple of planes a day and a world later in the teeming, sub-zero streets of Buenos Aires´winter. Now, with the Andes, Amazon and Galapagos between here and home, will three years be enou... full info
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rough, jagged snout of the glacierrough, jagged snout of the glacier
rough, jagged snout of the glacier
retreating glacier seeming to be munching on the rocksretreating glacier seeming to be munching on the rocks
retreating glacier seeming to be munching on the rocks
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15 2
larger group hiking back to the boat larger group hiking back to the boat
larger group hiking back to the boat
some seriously jagged peaks with ash from old volcanic eruptionssome seriously jagged peaks with ash from old volcanic eruptions
some seriously jagged peaks with ash from old volcanic eruptions
more whipped creammore whipped cream
more whipped cream
down a watery-looking crevassedown a watery-looking crevasse
down a watery-looking crevasse
beautiful, tortured surfacesbeautiful, tortured surfaces
beautiful, tortured surfaces



8th November 2011

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deleted_49612

Featured blog
Congratulations, on your first Featured Blog, on the Front Page. :)
8th November 2011

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Amazing!
Thanks so much, Mell. Hope you're enjoying Istanbul. I must admit that I was so excited to see my blog up there and just as amazed to see that 50 people have viewed it. I'm pretty overwhelmed, and appreciate your support so much. Efharisto (thank you in Turkish, if I remember)
8th November 2011

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

"deep indigo to lapis to cobalt to baby blue..."
Tara resplendent in blues...embracing the dream...well done. El Chaltern...also one of my favourite places...looking forward to where you next place your crampons.
9th November 2011

anonymous
non-member comment

Your photos from this venture are stunning! Thanks for sharing the experience~ :)
9th November 2011
study in blue and white

Chris and Nikki
Chris

I love this picture.
10th November 2011
study in blue and white

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Ice hounds
Thanks, Chris and Nicki--that's quite the compliment coming from a couple of fellow ice hounds--didn't you get married in an ice hotel?. On your recommendation, I'm going to put this photo at the top of my blog.
11th November 2011
study in blue and white

Chris and Nikki
Chris

Yes, we got married at the Ice Hotel, it was the most amazing place I have ever been to. I'm flattered that our comment has prompted you to put your picture to the top of your blog :-)
12th November 2011

bvchef
Brendan Vermillion

Wow
What wonderful pictures and well written blog. I am going to be in Patagonia next year, so have been reading fellow traveler's blogs on it. Yours was incredible. Thank you for sharing all of this with us.
13th November 2011

deleted_116683
deleted_116683

Wow
I love your pictures... stunning.
3rd January 2012
smooth, mineraled grooves gouged by the retreating glacier

Nadav
non-member comment

Natural Mosaic
Great shot. Looks like colored lava flows and reminds me of the animal mosaics found on some rocks in Santa Barbara :)
30th August 2012
smooth, mineraled grooves gouged by the retreating glacier

taracloud
Tara Cloud

SB Rocks
Hey Nadav, I just got an email from Paula & Paul, who said they'd left a message on this site. I'm so tech clueless. Looking for their message, I just found this ancient one from you. Thanks so much for reading and responding, and yes, these are almost as good as our SB ones. But then everything's better with a buddy in SB, eh?
6th September 2012
retreating glacier had covered all these red/gold rocks 20 years earlier

cabochick
Andrea

Now that I have seen the Alaska ones up close, I can see why you find them so appealing! Stunning in fact. Wow.
9th September 2012
retreating glacier had covered all these red/gold rocks 20 years earlier

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Sun and snow
Sun bunnies can't understand the draw until they've seen one--glad you got to!
17th May 2016
retreating glacier had covered all these red/gold rocks 20 years earlier

RFillingham
Richard Fillingham

Fabulous shot of awesome nature
What a wonderful photograph. We saw some beautiful glaciers in NZ but didn't get so close. How majestic they are. Shall have to add Argentina to the bucket list!

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