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The first photos are from our trip to Cerro Tronador which is the highest mountain in the region. It is an inactive volcano capped with numerous glaciers from which huge chunks of ice frequently break off and fall from the steep sides. When large pieces of ice crash into the rocks many hundreds of feet below, the sound is almost indistinguishable from thunder. We spent two days up on the mountain after a surprizingly tough hike up from Pampa Linda. On the way up, we met a great guy from Bariloche, Mathias, who hiked and talked with us the rest of the way up the mountain. We camped in a great spot surrounded on three sides by the glacier. The first day we spent our time taking little exploratory hikes, resting our weary bones, and marveling at the incredible scenery. On the second morning, we hiked a mile or so up onto the glacier. When we got back to our camp, we watched 5 condors gliding back and forth along the cliff by our tent. On the way down, we fashioned dried bamboo stalks into hiking poles to take some of the stress off of our knees.
A few Sundays
ago, we joined our friends Marta and Robert at Victoria's house where we helped her construct mud walls for an addition to her house. First, we dug a hole and lined it with plastic. We then mixed clay, sand and water to form an earthen cement mixture. Then we applied the mud to the walls that were filled with twigs and bamboo greens. It was fun and definitly labor intensive. It seems like an affordable alternative to traditional construction and it was a fun to find a way of being constructive while playing in the mud.
The last pictures are of from a trip to the river, 20 miles east of Bariloche. The area is beautiful desert country (Patagonian Steepe) and is very different from the more Alpine terrain on the other side of town. We found a great place to jump where David took some great videos of the guys jumping into the river in slow motion.
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Gus Ziesing
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Great pictures!
thanks for the great pictures . Argentina looks like a very cool place-