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NOT A SCHOOL DAYBUENOS DIAS GRINGOS! Welcome to "NOT A SCHOOL DAY". I know the web address is a different name but get used to it. This is going to become a portal into what I am doing and where I am doing it in South America. Starting with an eighteen hour flight to Santiago, Chile, on the 4th November '03. I have no specific plans of destination after Santiago, but the general idea is to head South down the coast of Chile to Tierra Del Fuego in Argentina and then back up through Argentina to Aconcagua (Acongawa). After climbing Aconcagua back over into Chile and then up to Peru and Bolivia. I may tag Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in here somewhere and maybe Ecuador and the Galapgos Islands depending on time and money constraints and whether I have caught Malaria by then. I will try and keep the diary and photos pages updated as much as possible with latest news. Basically wherever and whenever I find an internet cafe. Contact details will be on here as well so you can send encouragement or just tell me to fuck off rubbing in the fact that I am tossing it off enjoying myself while you are working. paulkitchen245@hotmail.com
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Tierra del Fuego
The Beagle channel at dusk near Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. Ushuaia is the Southernmost City in the World. Read all about it in Darwin's "Voyages of the Beagle". He describes the local tribes people walking barefoot in snow, then warming their cold feet in the sea water, skin diving in just above freezing water and wearing nothing but seal skins. They must have been Geordie's!!! The Patagonian Andes extend down into Tierra del Fuego, principally into the Chilean half (it is split in two, half Argentinian the other Chilean). The highest peaks belonging to the Chilean side (West). |
Aconcagua
Aconcagua from Camp 1 at 16,000ft. Big aint it? Gonna try and solo this mofo around January/February next year. Been checking routes and timescales. Apparently it costs about $200.00 for a 20 day climbing pass to gain access to the Aconcagua Provincial Park in which the peak is situated. There are also numerous other peaks ranging from 12,162ft to 19,301ft. So I may be able to add some practice peaks in before hand. But this will all depend on time and weather, down to minus 30 and 120mph winds sometimes!!!! |
Aconcagua
View from the summit of Aconcagua(22,481ft). The South(false) summit can be seen at top centre of the picture. |
