Okay. We know we are way behind in our posts (5 weeks or so) so we are offering you a preview of our latest adventure to Los Glaciares National Park near El Chalten, Argentina. Los Glaciares is known for its two often-photographed summits – Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitz Roy. Marc’s friend Tom came out for a visit and we spent the last week camping and hiking in the park.
The El Chalten area is not known for its balmy weather. On our first day out it was windy, cold, rainy, snowy and sunny! Actually, the wind in certain areas could knock you down. Needless to say, hiking was a bit challenging. You might think that I am exaggerating but below is a video of Tom attempting to walk near Lago Toro. He (and Marc) didn’t make it very far.
Stayed tuned for more videos of Tom living out his Bear Grylls fantasies… Tom jumping a crevasse, Tom navigating a glacier, etc.
On a scheduled “rest day” Marc and Tom decided to go ice climbing. They spent some time on Glacier Torre walking in crampons and learning how to climb a wall of ice. When we have a chance we will try and rotate the video. In the meantime just turn your head or the screen.
On the way to the glacier the ice climbing group crossed a river using a system known as a Tyrolean traverse. It’s Marc’s turn!
Haha – you should have expected a lot of wind going through “Wind Pass”… This looks like so much fun! Beth Ann – what were you doing during all this?
They definitely did not misname the pass! After about 5 minutes of walking in the wind I went back to the tent which actually wasn’t that much better.
Very cool! I love the videos. I don’t know if I could have made it across the river without dropping something ….Marc made it look easy!
i think if vicki tried to walk into that wind that tommy was walking into she would be blown away like a kite.