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Nach ca. 3,5 Stunden Flug sind wir in 'El Calafate' gelandet und mit dem naechsten Bus gleich weiter ins ca. drei Stunden entfernte 'El Chaltén' gefahren. El Chaltén ist ein kleiner, angenehmer Ort in Nationalpark 'Los Glaciares' und der optimale Startpunkt fuer Wanderungen zu den Bergmassiven des Cerro Torre und des Fitz Roys.
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River deep mountain VERY high!
Today is the day of the 3 peaks walk. It said Largo de los tres is 4 hours to get there (then we need to get back) but it said that for yesterdays walk and it was more like 3 hours each way. So we don't concern ourselves with our late start. (11AM) I had to find some sunglasses that didn't look completely ridiculous! This is a hard task! I think I managed it, well Andy says there look no more ...
Torres del Paine and Fitzroy Massif
... forest, leading to Lara’s quote of the day “This is just like Talgarth waterfall walk” (a local trail near our house in Wales) causing daddy to mutter under his breath “Well I guess this trip was a waste of money then?!”
As energy levels waned, we stopped to enjoy our lunch in a shady bit of forest and then were encouraged by a group of Australian ladies to keep going as the best bit was just around the corner and an ...
The Fierce Winds of El Chalten
... to write about... well, all apart from the blood sausage!
Being one of the remotest places we've seen so far, internet is a real luxury - and an extremely slow one at that!! Hence the long delay in blog updates! The only option here is internet via satellite, so making coffee while the page loads isn't even close... a three course meal wouldn't be impossible!
Despite our bad luck with mountain weather, there are still ...
Down but not out in Chubut.
... up to it's reputation ! We had only been doing about 50mph and were exiting the bend - it was a real shock that the tyre had lost grip like that. In hindsight it was a bad combination of low temperature so not much grip, rain, overbanding, a slight lean into wind and a tiny bit of throttle, and possibly the new tyres all at the same time, which just tipped the grip balance too far. The damage could have been a lot lot worse and the bike fortunately was rideable ...
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