Thursday 31st January
Hola chicos y chicas... thought I'd better write a quick update whilst I wait for my (very dusty and dirty) clothes to soak, how glamorous.
Am in Bariloche now, got here Tuesday and its GREAT. I love it. Haven't stopped since I got here and have the blisters, cuts and aches to prove it. Have done a couple of treks and went white water rafting today. Climbed Cerro Lopez (2076m) yesterday which was really steep and therefore very very very HOT. But 2 hours of steep uphill and 2 hours of rock climbing/scrambling we made it to the top and the view was absolutely fantastic... could see the snowy volcanoes of Chile and all the Lakes (this region is called the Lake District) which are a lovely turquoisey blue colour. A condor swooped over us as we sat on the top, I think he was after a bit of my nectarine which I'd cooled in the snow. SNOW! Yey. So am loving it. I'll try and uplod a photo soon so you can see but cant upload photos here.
Rafting today was good fun. Nowhere near as hard as I'd thought it might be but saying that there were one or two scary moments. I was lucky (???) enough to sit at the front so got the waves full in the face most of the time. Refreshing! At one point ws hanging onto the rope by my seat with 2 fingers and standing on the other side of the raft... okay okay so I'm showing off but it was cool.
Tomorrow I'm taking it easy with a boat trip... let the muscles recover before I unleash them on the treks and glaciers of El Chalten further South.
Now I think I have fixed it so that anyone should be able to make comments without having to log in so feel free!
Hola chicos y chicas... thought I'd better write a quick update whilst I wait for my (very dusty and dirty) clothes to soak, how glamorous.
Am in Bariloche now, got here Tuesday and its GREAT. I love it. Haven't stopped since I got here and have the blisters, cuts and aches to prove it. Have done a couple of treks and went white water rafting today. Climbed Cerro Lopez (2076m) yesterday which was really steep and therefore very very very HOT. But 2 hours of steep uphill and 2 hours of rock climbing/scrambling we made it to the top and the view was absolutely fantastic... could see the snowy volcanoes of Chile and all the Lakes (this region is called the Lake District) which are a lovely turquoisey blue colour. A condor swooped over us as we sat on the top, I think he was after a bit of my nectarine which I'd cooled in the snow. SNOW! Yey. So am loving it. I'll try and uplod a photo soon so you can see but cant upload photos here.
Rafting today was good fun. Nowhere near as hard as I'd thought it might be but saying that there were one or two scary moments. I was lucky (???) enough to sit at the front so got the waves full in the face most of the time. Refreshing! At one point ws hanging onto the rope by my seat with 2 fingers and standing on the other side of the raft... okay okay so I'm showing off but it was cool.
Tomorrow I'm taking it easy with a boat trip... let the muscles recover before I unleash them on the treks and glaciers of El Chalten further South.
Now I think I have fixed it so that anyone should be able to make comments without having to log in so feel free!
3 comments:
SNOW!!!
Did you smell it before you saw it?
No... can only smell snow about to fall James, get it right. I administered my first first aid in the wilderness yesterday with some minor surgery to my foot using my trusty lifeventure kit... malcolm would be impressed i´m sure.
Please send photo of blisters so Ali can compare with her souvenir photo of her Pyrenees blisters.
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