I’ve spent five weeks recently in Patagonia, a place that embodies the very idea of pristine wilderness. But on recent visits, something has shifted, something that makes me uncomfortable. A new kind of landscape is emerging, not carved by glaciers but by capital. It’s dressed in the language of sustainability but built on the logic […]
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.
There is no room for individuals if you plan to visit wild, untamed mountain wilderness. Every day can have it’s own challenges and difficulties. Teamwork is everything! In Patagonia, the terrain is tough, rough and the weather can be extreme. When the going gets tough then you need team players and cool heads. And […]
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).
