National Park Los Glaciares, Argentina

We waited and waited to see if the boat would come to take us to view the glacier close up... we waited and waited... the iceburgs everywhere prevented it in dockign to pick up passengers. It was a no-go... it was a great day of renting a car, hiking and a picnic regardless...

National Park Los Glaciares, Argentina

After renting a car, getting lost on a gravel road, asking cows for directions, a cancelled boat, iceburgs, hiking and a picnic... I HAD to go stand in the Glacier water... cold!

Torres del Paine, Chile - last day

The final day we saw blue skys... I am not sure if the trek itself was less technical, but it really felt easier! The sunshine might have had something to do with that though. Anyway - after a nice trek in the sun we made it to the Torres (towers). Torres del Paine = The Bread Towers (or The Towers of Bread). So these are them.

Torres del Paine, Chile 2nd Night

Almost at Base Camp for the evening. Notice the plastic bags sicking out of my shoes... not a pretty day... and nothing had a chance to dry out... We had to laugh though otherwise we would have been crying!

Torres del Paine, Chile

Hiking along side streams running down the mountains. There was so much fog we didn't even know where we were going at times. It rained for the full 4-day hike. We did it in 2 1/2 days as the weather just got worse. We got up at 4am and kept going until about 6pm stopping only to dry off (unsuccessfully) in a shelter around lunch time. Mmmm soggy bread!

Unknown Glacier, Argentina

This glacier does have a name - I just can't remember it right now. The trek was steep and rocky and it was a dead end. I hate dead ends! I hate walking back past everything you walked by already - it somehow seems so pointless to me. The view was nice enough though.

Fitz Roy, El Chalten, Argentina

The peaks behind are Fitz Roy (the massive one) and some of his friends. One of my favortie places. We had to pull ourselfs on a zip-line to get across the river from the glacier waters... it was great. If you ever get to go to Fitz Roy and the ranges around it DO! The Adela Range is there too! And I there is also a glacier named after me as well!

Los Tres Largos, El Chalten, Argentina

We needed first to go around the glacier lake to make our way to the ice surface of the glacier itself. This was the first view we had of the glacier.

Fitz Roy Glacier, El Chalten, Argentina

This is before the decend down towards Los Tres Lago the access point to go on the Fitz Roy Glacier.

Bariloche, Argentina

After climbing to the top of the highest rock surface in the entire area we were able to look out across the lake at the other mountains and down on the town below us. It felt so good!