This is the chance of a lifetime to sample Antarctic like terrain and visit the magnificent granite spires Mount Chalten (Fitzroy) and Cerro Torre. A basecamp will be established on the Patagonian Icefield. We shall attempt Gorra Blanca and then traverse the Icecap southwards.
We are beginning to put together an rough itinerary and plan for the trip next June to the Cordillera Real in Bolivia. Training in the Sierra Nevada this winter for peaks of up to alpine AD
Our good friend, mountaineer and skier, Bob Redwood, died recently due to brain tumours of a type known as “Glioblastoma Multiforme” the most common and aggresive type. This has led us to this fundraising effort. The aim is to raise awareness and funds for the Brain Tumour Research Campaign. Brain tumours affect people of all ages. [...]
Our latest video addition is a recovery operation from a scratched DVD, showing our 2006 Traverse of the Southern Patagonian Icefield. This tour which we try to run every 2 years in November and December circles the Cerro Torre and Fitzroy massifs. I remember we had camera troubles on the trip. Both video cameras broke [...]
Patagonia Icefield Expeditions Expedition photos Day 1 Rolling across the Patagonian Steppe on un-surfaced roads on a crowded bus was how this journey began. Nothing for miles but open grassland and hills on the horizon. My daydreams were interrupted by a stop at an Inn in the middle of nowhere where we were treated to [...]
clipped from www.emol.com The Army has reported that one of the mountaineers was having symptoms of hypothermia during the night. SANTIAGO – �Bad weather continues to prevent to rescue of three Spanish mountaineers that remain stranded in the Mount San Valent�in sector of the Chilean Patagonia, where they arrived on December 11th of this month. [...]
Some disturbing news has emerged from deep in the heart of the Patagonia, where wintertime is supposed to be in full swing. We have our own Patagonian Icefield expedition starting in November and conditions on the glaciers could be very different from our last visit to this amazing part of the world. A 200-foot ice [...]
Clients will be met at El Calefate airport anytime between 15th and 16th November. On the 17th we head off to El Chalten for the start of our expedition onto the Patagonian Icecap. Return dates will be 5th or 6th December. Email for more details. You can find details of the itinerary on the Spanish [...]
Sadly I have to announce the death of Joaquin, who took his own life, and was buried yesterday in his home town of Lanjaron, Spain. Joaquin was born in France but spent most of his life in southern Spain. We all know Joaquin was fighting a battle against depression. He loved his trips into the [...]
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