Monday, February 16, 2009
El Chaltén, Cerro FitzRoy
1-When the weather was alright, 200m deep cañyon, glacier on the top right, which are dificult to picture, as they are so white, the camera does not focus on them in glowdy conditions.
2-"Lagos de los 3", hail, the jacket proofs to be waterproof
Today we went by taxi for some 12 kms, getting with our camping stuff to the food of FitzRoy (3700m high) and hoped that at some stake the clouds will lift. The camping was just no option - heavy rain and really cold... It gave me a climps of how the camping is here, as I consider to do the Torre del Paines in Chile, another 400km (estimated) south from here at the end of this week. I gave the idea up. We ate some pasta on the camp side and hike the major track to "Logos de los 3". The weather was just bad bad and no sight of Fitz Roy, who was just 400 meters away from myself, rising another 2.5 kms into the sky...
But the idea to see it, was cool too :)