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.
Archive for November 20th, 2010
A short cut
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Nov
Camping on Lago Posada
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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
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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.
Apologies; actual people photos
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Nov
I’ve been uploading photos I like and been neglecting the people on the trip. After I’ve backed up Yael’s photos I’ve even found a few of me.
Fitz Roy mountain, El Chalten hikes
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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…
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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…