In 2008 I had an opportunity to go to Patagonia and realize a dream: Ice Climbing and Ice Mountaineering. Were 48 incredible days I climbed in two major places: Bariloche and El Chaltén region. Below show a sort description for this travel.
Alan in Torre Glacier
ARRIVAL - San Carlos de Bariloche
Rock Climbing in Cerro Catedral Region (2388 m), in Agujas Frey (Frey Needles).
Trekking in alpine environment.
Refúgio Frey region. In the bottom see Aguja Piramidal.
Alan in the summit of the Aguja Frey
Campanile Esloveno needle.
Alan in the Plantitas Denigrentes route, Aguja Frey.
Mercedes Saores in third pitch of the Aguja Principal
CERRO TRONADOR MOUNTAIN (3478 m)
After the acclimatise, we go to an extinct vulcan with ice climbing and glacier travel.
In the botton, Cerro Tronador (left) and Cerro Pontiagudo (right) mountains.
Glacier in Cerro Tronador
Alan, Gabriel and Julio in the climb of the Cerro Tronador
Gabriel and Alan near the summit of Cerro Tronador
Alan, Gabriel and Julio in the descent of the Cerro Tronador
El Chaltén is a town in Patagonia were are located some of most famous mountain of the world, the Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitz Roy. There, I stay 15 days make trekking and glacier travel, but unfortunately I didn’t climbs.
Aguja De la "S', Aguja Saint Exupery , Aguja Rafael Juarez, Aguja Poincenot and Cerro Fitz Roy.
Cerro Nato, Cerro Adela and Cerro Torre form the Torre Glacier.
Alan and Julio entering in Torre Glacier
Folded rocks generated by strain processes of Andes colision.
Fred and Alan in Nipponinos, Torre Glacier
Julio in Zip-line over Torre river.
Cerro Torre mountain
Moulins generated by diference in the internal and external pressure of the Torre glacier
Alan in Torre glacier
View of the Torre Glacier from Fitz Roy ridge.
Glaciers striations in rock basement of the Torre glacier. This features are generated by ice flow.
