Patagonia - Southern Patagonian Ice Field
August 1, 2005
Approaching the village of El Chalten
Cerro Marconi Norte is just ahead - we want to go to the top of it
Fitz Roy
Fitz Roy
Paso Marconi in relentless Patagonian rain
Our camp on Paso Marconi. After the drenching rain we woke up to clear sky and sunshine. We needed it to dry off everything.
Paso Marconi and Gorra Blanca
Paso Marconi and Cerro Marconi Norte
Walking up Cerro Marconi Norte
Cerro Marconi Norte and Fitz Roy in the background
The view over the Paso Marconi
Southern Patagonian Icefield
Volcan Lautaro and Southern Patagonian Icefiled from Cerro Marconi Norte
Gorra Blanca, Paso Marconi from Cerro Marconi Norte
Fitz Roy from Cerro Marconi Norte
Southern Patagonian Icefield from the air - Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre on the right
The expanse of the Southern Patagonian Icefield
Southern Patagonian Icefield
Hiking on ice
Our camp at the Cirque de Los Altares
Awesome clouds of southern Patagonia
Cerro Torre
Cerro Torre from Cirque de Los Altares
Cerro Torre
Cerro Torre
Base of the Cerro Torre
Summit snow mushrooms of Cerro Torre
Looking up Cerro Torre from its base - now it looks like a real tower
Cirque de Los Altares
Inside the Cirque de Los Altares
Cirque de Los Altares
Our camp on the Icefiled in front of the Cirque de Los Altares
Good weather does not last...
Horizontal rain of Patagonia
Glaciar Viedma
Glacier Viedma
Glacier Viedma
Lago Viedma - looking for condors
Glacier Viedma and Lago Viedma
Waiting for a ride on Lago Viedma
Glacier Perito Moreno
Perito Moreno Glacier
Perito Moreno Glacier from the air
Patagonia
Patagonia
Southern Patagonian Icefiled
Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre from the air
Gorra Blanca
Cerro Torre group and the Cirque de Los Altares
Cerro Torre
Southern Patagonian Icefield
Fitz Roy Group and Glacier Viedma
Patagonia
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