Arrived in Valparaíso
It was brought to my attention that it had been a while since I’d updated this blog so let me remedy that now! Been far too busy having a good time 🙂 On the ‘at sea’ days I am usually…
South America
Chilean Fjords
Monday, January 24, 2011 January 22nd was the official end of our trip to South Georgia and Antarctica. What an amazing experience that was! Very hard to describe the scope of what we saw in words. Stephen left The World…
Cape Horn
Thursday, January 20, 2011 Stephen gave a well attended and well received presentation about his 2009 Mt Everest Expedition in the morning. Around noon we arrived at Cape Horn and the expedition team decided that the weather was favorable to…
Getting ready to sail from Ushuaia
Well, here we are, on board of The World, probably the most luxurious way possible to sail to Antarctica!!! We leave port in about 3 hours. First stop: South Georgia (UK). Penguins here we come 🙂 On December 31st we…
Laguna del Carbón: Tick!!!!
Yes!!!! We made it to the lowest point in South America!!! We set out early (enough) from El Calafate and started off on Ruta 9, a good gravel road. We really did feel like being away from it all; in…
Perito Moreno Glacier
Wonderful day visiting Perito Moreno glacier. Fantastic! Imagine a 50m high, 5km wide glacier slowly crawling and calving its way into Lago Argentino. We walked around the various observation points in the late morning and took the obligatory boat ride…
Arrived in El Calafate
After 2.5 interesting (and hot and humid) days in Buenos Aires, we got up at 4 am this morning to catch our 6:40am flight to Rio Gallegos. Got to the regional airport without hassles, got checked-in (and paid our reasonable…
Enjoying Buenos Aires
Had a lovely day yesterday walking about the city. The streets were quiet and hot. We found the high-end shopping district, fortunately (or unfortunately) they were all closed, being Christmas day. Today we visit the Recoleta Cemetery, San Telmo and…
Arrived in Argentina
After a long but uneventful flight we arrived in Argentina. Today we are just relaxing and enjoying the warm weather. Maybe it is a little too warm here. Caroline conspired to leave the only key to the locks of our…
Photos from the Trip
Photos from Ecuador Photos from Aconcagua
Aconcagua
Left the mountain at 6:00pm last night for the drive back to civilization. The climb was great. Quite bit easier than I thought it would be. Even through I was wasted by the time we got off the summit and…
Success on Aconcagua!! 22,841ft/6,962m
Hi all, It’s Monday morning and Stephen just rang to say that he and his climbing friend Richard summited Aconcagua successfully! Stephen will fill you in on the details later. He’s back in Plaza de Mulas basecamp at the moment…
Hot Springs, Sunburn and Argentina
Yesterday was spent relaxing and soaking up the sun and warm water of the Papallacta Hot Springs. Needless to say I got sunburnt. The only fortunate thing is that you can`t see the sunburn. Tonight I fly to Argentina to…
Success on Chimborazo
Richard and I were successful on Chimborazo (Veintemilla) yesterday. It was a massive day making the ascent in a little under 7 hours to gain the 6,267m (20,561ft) summit. The snow condition was excellent allowing us to make good speed…
Success on Cotopaxi!
Just returned from a summit success on Cotopaxi, Ecuador’s second highest mountain measuring in at just under 6,000mts. The snow condition was terrible, so made the climb very (very) difficult. Currently absolutely exhausted, so heading for an afternoon nap. Chimborazo…