Resupplied at Cochrane in Chile. Started the 900 km dirt road (considered one of the most beautiful in the world) in the morning.
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Starting the Carreterra Austral
22
Nov
A short cut
20
Nov
Decided to cross to Chile on a mountain 4×4 pass. To get there we saw a faint trail on the map ,which the owner of the campground said was passable ( probably , we couldn’t understand a lot of what he said ) . Ended up driving 4 hours thru a desert with salt lakes, flamingos, and rock walls.
Camping on Lago Posada
20
Nov
Almost ran out of fuel on Ruta 40, so we decided to push our luck and sleep in the high desert of Argentina. Started driving along a lake and saw a couple of huts on a beach.
Perito Moreno national park
20
Nov
We drove 100 km offroad to see One of the most inaccessible parks in Argentina. Opened the doors to 80 km winds and freezing temperature (with sun). Stayed the night (yael spent the night in the Toyota) in the tent with all the covers we brought and wearing all our clothes. Beautiful place, couldn’t do one trek …
Posted from Santa Cruz, Argentina.
Fitz Roy mountain, El Chalten hikes
20
Nov
There is no cell tower in El Chalten. Even before season, there are lots of hikers from all over the world walking around the village talking to each other and looking at the mountains instead of being on the phone all the time. Yael was loving it, Ran was going nuts.
Took a couple of hikes up the mountains and glaciers, extremely cold but worth every step
Posted from Santa Cruz, Argentina.
Update: arrived at half civilization after more then a week of being out there…
20
Nov
Don’t worry, we’ve been off the grid for the last week or so, no Internet , no cell, no towns. Finally !!!
In short ; got back to Calafate Argentina from Torres del Paine, drove to El Chalten, spent 2 days hiking around Fitz Roy mountain, took Ruta 40 dirt road up north, detoured to godborney or something when we almost ran out of fuel, drove 100 km to Perito Moreno national park ( 80 km/h winds, 0 degree night ) , drove 100 km out, took a side dirt trek to Lago Posada to see a rock, spent the night camped near a lake, took a short cut thru high desert for 6 hours, climbed the Andes in a dirt trail to cross into Chile (unbelievable trail).
Today (after the morning hike) started the Carraterra Austral .
Whew…
Lago Grey, Torre del Paine
14
Nov
One of Torre del Paine highlights, icebergs break off and wash out to the beach at the end of lake Grey. We spent a lot of time (went there twice) walking between small icebergs and shivering in 5 degrees with cold 60 km/h winds coming of the glacier, severely cold but we almost couldn’t leave. And Ran said it’s good practice for Antarctica.
Torre del Paine national park, Chile
14
Nov
We were planning to get here somehow, even though the passes are closed sometimes thru November for snow. At least thats what we read. Arrived in rainy weather and got out of the Toyota into one of the famous Torre 60 km extreme cold winds.
However, the park IS one of the most beautiful places on earth, as we woke up to a gorgeous cold windy sunny sunrise.
