Have I said that I’ve never been in a police car before? I really tried to remember if I had the occasion when I was younger but I really don’t think so. So, It’s been the first time then. We had a stroll through the Brazilian neighbourhood in Santiago. And I would like to emphasize again, that Santiago is one of the safest cities in South America, if not the safest one. And that was maybe…
(2200m – 6109m) Yes, we had heard that advice so many times. And yes, we thought we were taking it seriously. A good acclimatisation is incredibly important when climbing a 6000er and obviously that was a key aspect for our mountain guide, Eduardo, too. Yet the summit day was the hardest thing Christian and I had ever done in our entire life, and that includes the various child illnesses I had to go through…
Earlier this year Christian and I climbed the Großvenediger, by far the highest peak of all of Austrian’s beautiful county Salzburg. Don’t be fooled, it’s not the Mont Blanc, but it does have glaciers and rocks and all that. We proclaimed it as a preparation for Argentina’s famous Aconcagua[2] and started research on guided excursions a few months ago. Unfortunately, being the highest mountain of the American continent, it also turned out to be the pinnacle…
After our trip to Tierra del Fuego I needed some sun. After 2,5 months of the so famous Patagonian weather conditions, mainly wind and rain, I was ready for warmer temperatures. We took the plane from Punta Arenas to Puerto Montt where we rented a car for a couple of days. And back we were on the road which we had already had cycled a couple of months before. We stopped at the camp site…
I am a traditional Christmas person. I like the time of candles, biscuits, Christmas Stollen and Gluehwein. I am not really a winter person but I like Christmas time to be cold and snowy. I think we had chosen the best spot for a Christmas time on the southern hemisphere: We travelled Patagonia. It’s been quite windy and cold most of the December month and during our Torres del Paine trip it had been snowing…