Firz Roy and Cerro Torre
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There were a couple more famous Patagonian peaks beckoning us, Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre, so we stopped wasting time updating our blog and took off for a three day hike in Los Glaciers National Park in Argentina. We started from the small tourist town of El Chalten and who should we see there but our old friend from Torres del Paine, Dave Goldman. Dave had just finished the walk and due to bad weather had not seen either peak. He told us that some climbers had been waiting for twenty days for the weather to break.
Undaunted, we set off towards Fitz Roy. But sure enough, when we arrived at the first viewing point we could only make out a ghostly outline in the mist.
Our first night was freezing, literally, judging by the frozen puddles we discovered in the morning. The big suprise was that we were greeted by perfecr weather, blue sky and the huge bulk of Fitz Roy standing there reigning supreme over the surrounding jagged peaks. It is one hell of a big rock!
That afternoon we took the three hour trail across to camp Agostini to see Cerro Torre. Once again, this mountain was covered in cloud when we arrived. We were hoping for a repeat of Fitz Roy´s morning weather.
Next morning I dutifully got up before dawn and made my way to join the small expectant crowd stand on the moraine overlooking the lake in front of Cerro Torre. Unfortunately, that mountain did not cooperate and kept its head in the clouds. Cerro Torre is an impressive fang shaped peak but all we could see was the gum. Oh well, that is Patagonian weather for you...
Fitz Roy looms over the camp site early in the morning
The two of us in front of the big fella
This is all we saw of Cerro Torre. It is the peak in the clouds just right of centre.
There were a couple more famous Patagonian peaks beckoning us, Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre, so we stopped wasting time updating our blog and took off for a three day hike in Los Glaciers National Park in Argentina. We started from the small tourist town of El Chalten and who should we see there but our old friend from Torres del Paine, Dave Goldman. Dave had just finished the walk and due to bad weather had not seen either peak. He told us that some climbers had been waiting for twenty days for the weather to break.
Undaunted, we set off towards Fitz Roy. But sure enough, when we arrived at the first viewing point we could only make out a ghostly outline in the mist.
Our first night was freezing, literally, judging by the frozen puddles we discovered in the morning. The big suprise was that we were greeted by perfecr weather, blue sky and the huge bulk of Fitz Roy standing there reigning supreme over the surrounding jagged peaks. It is one hell of a big rock!
That afternoon we took the three hour trail across to camp Agostini to see Cerro Torre. Once again, this mountain was covered in cloud when we arrived. We were hoping for a repeat of Fitz Roy´s morning weather.
Next morning I dutifully got up before dawn and made my way to join the small expectant crowd stand on the moraine overlooking the lake in front of Cerro Torre. Unfortunately, that mountain did not cooperate and kept its head in the clouds. Cerro Torre is an impressive fang shaped peak but all we could see was the gum. Oh well, that is Patagonian weather for you...
Fitz Roy looms over the camp site early in the morning
The two of us in front of the big fella
This is all we saw of Cerro Torre. It is the peak in the clouds just right of centre.
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