The guys had left to climb a 6000er mountain when I started a different type of activity. The 8-hour long bus trip to Argentina was beautiful and impressive, passing closely by at the Aconcagua, the highest peak outside the Himalaya mountain range and for sure the highest one in the Americas. Technically easy to climb but ridiculously expensive. I was not going to approach the mountain anyway. I had enough of it over the past…
Already on the traverse of the Lago O’Higgins we had seen the iconic peak of Fitz Roy from the far distance. The closer we got the more impressive it became with its sheer granite faces towering over the adjacent scenery. But also the wind picked up with every kilometre we travelled towards it. The first night we stayed on a camp-site 20km before El Chalten (Ricanor), surrounded by mountains. The wind was sometimes non-existent and…
Yes, we knew that the border crossing from Villa O’Higgins in Chile to El Chalten in Argentina was going to be a little expensive. We bought our ferry tickets when we arrived in Villa O’Higgins. A not very interested lady sells the tickets in an overly heated tipi tent next to the company’s (Robinson Crusoe) brand new and somehow misplaced luxury hotel. Once you see this hotel you can imagine where the money from the…
