Friday, November 19, 2010

ON TO EL CALAFATE AND EL CHALTEN

 on the way to glacier moreno . if you notice the boat in the right hand corner it can kind of give you an idea on how massive the glacier is.
 i thought the icebergs were simply amazing

 one of my favs...the colors are so pure




 Anna and James in front of the glacier


 James and blake




 on the boat ride to other side of the lake where we started our hike


 anna and james getting some nourishment after our one to many bottles of wine the night before:)
 the line is very noticeable in this one...but it was so funny! james was making anna pose
 messing with the aperture but kind of like the way it turned out
 this one a little toooooo bright
 gettin on the glacier!
 a pic of my awkward cramp on feet


 on of many many crevasses in the glacier, this is what the guides had to navigate around
 really love the this one if it didnt have the line!


 the mountain , not sure of the name, where the glacier came down
 the guides head trying to find a safe route






 view from the other side
 anna and james
 On to El Chalten...this is our campsite in town...on the edge but the town was so small it was in town


 El Chalten recycling bin
 our first day there...sunny...warm...def in need of a cold one and pizza!

 pizza. this pizza was a typical pizza on the right side with slices of ham, cheese, little sauce, red bell pepper, and green olives (with the pit) , my side, or the veggie, was interesting with carrots, broccoli, tomato,  spinach and eggplant and corn

 our first day backpacking in to cerro torre. the clouds covered most of the mtn that day
 the tent!


 the bottom part of cerro torre
 the glacier at the base of cerro torre


 this moss was everywhere. it was actually a light bright green but my camera did not capture it


 the second day hiking...bit of rain


 these faces were on a tree off the trail
 and a bit of....snow! i knew it gettin cold.

 did a pretty good job of pickin a spot! barely made it out of the snow...until the next morning when it all melted and dumped on my side of the tent!

 bluesky day!

 you can see how fast the snow was melting
fitz roy

 these birds were everywhere and wewould come up very close to us
 trying to dry out my clothes and shoes...unfortunately i went to patagonia with out gore tex shoes

 hiking up the base of Fitz Roy...



 trying to get the mtn in my sunglasses
 Moes BBQ !!! and Fitz Roy


 Lago something at the base of Fitz Roy

 This pic shows a little better the size. we were actually very close but it is hard to capture










 Blake pushing the boulder out the way so i could walk through


 glacier on the back side of Fitz Roy
 lots of freckles


 Fitz Roy sunset from our campsite



 made it back...



 the waterfall just out of town...blisters were kickin
 from the top of the waterfall
 Blake making me nervous
 parrots! had not idea they were in this area
 feet hurt.
 Next day the view of Cerro Torre. great hike. had the mp3 player rockin some phish


 Back to El Calafate. America del Sur hostel
 blake waiting on cafe and me cafe con leche
 LAMB!!  this is the restaurant we ate for blakes bday...and the next night

us eating dinner on our last night. Pato came with us! wonderful guy from Paraguay who works at the hostel and took us to a concert for blakes bday.

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