Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Frey, Bariloche, Argentine Patagonia

Campanile Esloveno - awesome tower. Climbed Imaginate, 6a+ trad route on this.

Kit sorting

About to head up Campanile

Torre principal - 2495? meters, highest peak in Frey. Topped out on this via the Normal route after having to abandon plans for a 13 pitch epic crack route Sudinistra Total due to time concerns...

Lunch stop

One day it is 28 degrees, next day, it is snowing horizontally and million mile an hour wind. Sit in the hut all day and drink £1.25 litres of wine. Vino torro is king.

The refugio

Too much climbing. Shredded fingertips


Very carefully set up pose

More Frey skyline...

Insane highline


Frey - easily the best place in Argentina. Big, multipitch alpine trad. Spent 13 nights up here, no shower. Nice.

Piedra Parada, Argentina


The water was a little deeper than i expected

Heading into the stupidly hot canyon

Team Switzerland - Rolf and Roger

My ride. Shit old truck full of climbers




Andy painting
Andy enjoying rocks balanced on bottles...
Flapper torn on a stupid boulder problem.

Fitz Roy, El chalten, Argentine Patagonia



Home...
Force 10 pitched into the wind in the middle of the field, 4398737mph winds. no problem.
A beast of a peak. Mega windy place.

Driving Ushuaia to Bariloche area through Patagonia on Route 40. Flat, windy dusty and bumpy...

Merino glacier. Big...

Route 40 - the windiest, most boring flat nothing-filled highway in the world. 50km max truck speed due to the headwind. And the odd ostrich and flamingo


Diesel tank fuel leak plugged with a screw and bicycle puncture repair kit


Up close and personal with 20 billion penguins on an island just of the coast of Punta Arenas, Chile.

Simon post-mechanics
Bivi spot just outside the Merino glacier, Argentina

Route 40 - Argentina

The worst campsite in the world? Someones back garden, Punta Arenas, Chile