Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Hello again!

Hi! first post in a long time, sorry! I just got done my 9 week internship in Huilo Huilo, www.huilohuilo.cl, where i designed a 5 day hut-trip trek in the Patagonian Rainforest there. Great experience! the trail should be ready for next summer, starting around November. there are plans for 3 hut trips. Eric Eves from www.adventurapatagonia.com hooked it up for me down there. More on this later.
Tommy and I just got back from a perfect week in Torres del Paine National Park, where we did the renowned W Circuit. one of the best weeks each of us has ever had. Highly recommended! we went in the heart of autnumn and were rewarded with 40 to 50 degree days, sun, stable weather, very few other hikers, and most of all, amazing colors from the decidous forest at the base of the mountains and glaciers. super psyched.
now we are going to rock climb at this basalt crag called Llifén, super solid rock in a DANK setting. a week there, then a week in santiago to climb around those parts, and after that....well i have 6 weeks left to climb the shit out of this continent, and that is what i intend to do.
Fotos thus far, they tell the story a lot better than my rambling ass can:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2345622&id=19217340&l=12e73642d1