Patagonia: Could I Hike It Too? Brian and Sylvia managed to complete a pair of major top shelf trekking destinations in 2019, both in the region of South America known as Patagonia…the extreme southern tip of the continent, where the scenery is otherworldly but the weather conditions often brutish. Some may be wondering if this is something that they could […]
What Will Our Next Adventure Be?
As most of you know, Sylvia and I live for the BIG adventures. We went about as far as one can this year and still remain in the atmosphere, venturing all the way to the edge of the world, remote Patagonia, in search of adventure (which we certainly found.) We would consider this a big one, for sure.
The Long Way Home To The Other Fitz Roy
Patagonia: The Return Home **Completed in November 2019, The Torres del Paine ‘W’ hike and Fitz Roy are Sylvia and Brian’s fifth and sixth BucketList adventure completed together, respectively. We have never ventured further to put a hike in our bucket. And so it was over. Except for the long, long road back.
Fitz Roy The Mountain
Fitz Roy: Day 3 **Completed in November 2019, Fitz Roy (Los Glaciares National Park of Argentina) is Sylvia and Brian’s sixth BucketList adventure completed together. It is also the furthest they have ever ventured for a hike.** The day had finally come.This was the hike that we were looking forward to perhaps more than any other on this trip. This […]
Cerro Torre
Fitz Roy: Day 2 **Completed in November 2019, Fitz Roy (Los Glaciares National Park of Argentina) is Sylvia and Brian’s sixth BucketList adventure completed together. It is also the furthest they have ever ventured for a hike.** Our second day in El Chaltèn began gray and cloudy, just as the last one had. But the promise of a better forecast […]
Washout at El Chaltèn
Fitz Roy: Day 1 **Completed in November 2019, Fitz Roy (Los Glaciares National Park of Argentina) is Sylvia and Brian’s sixth BucketList adventure completed together. It is also the furthest they have ever ventured for a hike.** The wind blew with vengeance most of our first night in El Chaltèn, but by morning had tapered off to a light breeze. […]
Ruta 40: Across The Pampas
Patagonia: Chile to Argentina **In November 2019 The Torres del Paine ‘W’ Trek became Sylvia and Brian’s fifth BucketList adventure completed together. It is also the furthest they have every ventured for a hike. Immediately afterward, we hit the road for Argentina to tackle yet another Bucket List adventure…Fitz Roy.*** Our adventure in Patagonia covered two weeks in total, and […]
Paine Grande
Patagonia: The W Hike, Day 5 **Completed in November 2019, The Torres del Paine ‘W’ hike is Sylvia and Brian’s fifth BucketList adventure completed together. It is also the furthest they have ever ventured for a hike. The word Paine, as in Torres del, is correctly pronounced “Pie-nay.” The word is thought to be indigenous Patagonian in origin (it has […]
Into The Grey: Lago and Glacier Grey
Patagonia: The W Hike, Day 4 **Completed in November 2019, The Torres del Paine ‘W’ hike is Sylvia and Brian’s fifth BucketList adventure completed together. It is also the furthest they have ever ventured for a hike. With three legs of our hike completed, we had only two more to go. One, really; the last of these was simply a […]
The French Valley, AKA The Day That Would Not End
Patagonia: The W Hike, Day 3 **Completed in November 2019, The Torres del Paine ‘W’ hike is Sylvia and Brian’s fifth BucketList adventure completed together. It is also the furthest they have ever ventured for a hike. No leisurely start today. We were up early for what promised to be the hardest day of this Trek.