Los Cerros El Chalten

... mess tent nearly took off' -dust was everywhere and the table ended up at 15deg angle to the tent -with 16 of us crouched on the floor- and the guides roping the tent down with climbing ropes. Some wag hoped "that the only thing broken was wind!"<br>At one camp 2 sheep were roasted "crucified" to 2 iron vertical spits- for 16 of us and 2-3 guides<br>Guides <br>they work locally for Fitzroy Expeditiones (Exodus subcontracts) - and are superb. We have been on ...

... is een klein dorp in de bergen van waaruit je allemaal wandeltochten kunt doen. <br>Bij aankomst in het hostel was daar een grote groep Nederlanders die met Djoser een georganiseerde reis hadden. 2 personen hadden die dag hun verjaardag waardoor ik gelijk een glas champagne in handen kreeg. Prima onthaal lijkt me zo.<br><br>De volgende dag heb ik de wandeltocht naar laguna de los tres gedaan. Dat is een meer onder de Fitz Roy ...

... was better (although the top of Cerro Torre was stil behind cloud all day) and this time I went with my new roommates from England andFinland. We went slightly further that I did on Day 1 because the wind was less crazy (although it would still cause a 'severe weather warning' back home, for sure). I mentioned that all of the water in the park was drinkable without being treated (as I had been told at the visitor's centre) and that I had been drinking it all of ...

... hopeless. Eventually we saw a fat guy in an EMPTY pickup with an empty cargo area at the back slowing down and flash his lights. As he came past he gave us the `sorry guys` palms-up shrug. B*STARD! maybe he was some stupid tourist who didn`t want us in the car but didn`t realise it was acceptable to ride in the cargo area in South America? We shouted "WTF!!!" and threw our arms in the air in exasperation, but he didn`t stop. We had a cookie and debated if we should even ...

... scenery etc.<br>We arrived and were greeted by a girl on our bus who i taught said she would be back in 5 mins to explain our day etc. 10 mins later we found out that most people had been inside the hostel for this talk so we missed the introduction which mainly gave advice on what treks to take and which treks were closed etc..<br>Now we learned it was no organised tour but we were on our own hiking to different parts to get views of the surrounding areas etc..<br>We ...

... was not outstanding , the scenery was very beautiful. Amazingly beautiful. As for the town of chalten , there is lots of travel agency, but they are open in the morning and close during the late afternoon , and then re open again around liked five pm. There are nice little ( and i mean little) restaurants in town. The food is pricy in comparison to the food in Buenos Aires, but I thought it was very good. I ate at the kitchen ...

... few more tears... 7.30pm: collapse on our bed... both cant move with pain of muscles.... quite a funny sight.. wondering how we are ever going to get up and go to the toilet or even think ...

... We ended up on an alternate trail needing to cross a river. We figured we had gone astray somewhere but we were very close to the mountian, so kept going. We crossed the river and continued until we arrived at a dead end, which offered a good photo opportunity, but we had walked for about 30 minutes in the wrong direction. We ventrued back and at the river crossing I fell in up to my knees. Grrrr, this ...

... with whom I walked in the evening twilight. Hope she was OK. Arrived about 6.00 pm, after 9 hours on my feet, at the Refugio Los Cuernos to be told there was no booking for me and no bed. I said I was going nowhere and would sleep on the floor if necessary. I bought a beer and sat and waited. Eventually bought a second beer which I thought was a good sign and had a game of chess with a guy I had met the previous night at Refugio Pelhoe. Then it ...

... increased for some inexplicable reason (they obviously realised we were desperate!), but as we were both losing the will to live by this point we caved in and handed over our 3 plastic bags of clothes. Which will probably now be sorted into sandwich bags and we'll need to remortgage our flat.<br><br>Anyway, after all this 'excitement' we went ...