Blog, Resurrected
El Chalten, Argentina (Patagonia)
Just in time for Easter, our long lost travelogue is making a miraculous return from the dead. The past six months in India were a whirlwind of work and sensory overload--we´ll have to fill in that (large, gaping) hole later. Meanwhile, I am happy to report that we are alive and kicking in wild and windy Patagonia. Our amazing friends Margaret and Stephen decided to fly down to the far south of Argentina to join us for an other-worldly backpacking adventure around the Fitz Roy Glacier. We spent five days tramping through gorgeous fall foliage, negotiating switchbacks along steep scree of bouldery moraines, and scaling sheer cliffs of ice on the glacier (complete with ice axes and crampons!). We got lost on the last day of our hike, and ended up on a dirt road ten miles out of town--fortunately for us, there was a lovely little rustic B&B just down the way that served up a lovely Malbec and outrageous views of the mountains. They also helped us get a cab back to the little frontier town of El Chalten, where we´re happily sipping mate in a cozy hostel. Margaret and Stephen head back to the northern hemisphere tomorrow, while Zach and I will try to figure out the best way to get to Chile. Here we are after being lost and found on the last day of our trek...