LA PATAGONIA - EL CHALTEN

El Chalten - (January 13th, 2007)

Before arriving in El Chalten I had heard from several people that the weather was always cloudy and rainy. Apparently you could spend weeks there without seeing Fitz Roy, the famous mountain in El Chalten. I had anticipated staying a couple of days in order to get a glimpse. As it turned out the first day I was there was perfect. There were no clouds and for a majority of the hike up to Fitz Roy I wore short sleeves. The mountain did not disappoint.

The hike took about 3 and a half hours up and 3 hours down. I didn’t have the proper shoes so I ended up getting some pretty gnarly blister. I hiked with 4 other Americans from Southern California. (Joe, Adam, Brandon, and Dio) They were all really cool guys and 3 of them were members of a band called Aeon's Age. So in case they make it big you heard it here first..

After the hike I changed my schedule and left that night for El Calafate. I probably would have stayed longer because there were plenty of more hikes to do, but my feet were hammered and I figured the weather was about to turn bad anyways.

El Chalten and Fitz Roy