First of all let me say that this report doesn’t cover the whole Alta Via 2 trek. If you are looking for a complete trek report and tips I can recommend you visit Brooke Beyond This report details my experiences on the Alta Via 2 trek (AV2) in July 2024. My wife, Kiersten and I […]
Blizzards, snowdrifts, gales, frostbite, snow blindness, buried tents, floods, hardship, cold, sleepless nights. It must be summer then in deepest Patagonia.
A summary of our expeditions to the Southern Patagonian Icefields
My own personal experience of the effects of becoming snow blind, after a tough time on the Patagonian Icecap
The expedition was beset by unsettled weather and enforced route changes due to unseasonal warm weather.
Trip report, personal thoughts and recommendations after this years expedition to the Patagonian Icecap
It’s a tough trek to the Cirque de los Altares in Patagonia. The outcome is never certain. Raging rivers, complex moraines, huge glaciers and of course the constant battering from the prevailing westerly winds provide the main obstacles.
Poem by Michelle Wright about her time spent on our 2011 Southern Patagonian Icecap Expedition
Thought you might like to see one of the characters I met whilst in Patagonia recently. Its a White-throated Caracara (phalcoboenus albogularis).
Ok here we go, the long awaited video from our trip. Hope you dont get too bored! Patagonian Expedition 2010
