Author: neil
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Villa O’Higgins, CL to Lago del Desierto, AR
Today’s super-early 3:15am wakeup was not due to our own preference (e.g., to avoid heat, wind, etc.), nor would it be compensated for by an equally-early end to the day’s efforts. It was because the company running the boat to take us to a remote shore on Lake O’Higgins decided that early morning was the…
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Río Colorado, CL to Villa O’Higgins, CL
Our final ride on the Carretera Austral would be a short one, so we “slept in” and didn’t hit the road until 8:40am. By that point a couple of the ~5 people in the bunkhouse were up-and-about, but we were still the first ones to depart. One of our main motivations for “racing” yesterday (besides…
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Río Bravo, CL to Río Colorado, CL
Our alarm dinged us awake at 5am. I had to tiptoe past two tents (and near a third) to exit the outbuilding we were all sheltered in, but given the near-continuous snoring from the guy closest to us, it seemed that at least he didn’t mind. In order to give some respect to the late-risers,…
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Lago Vargas, CL to Río Bravo, CL
We had been counting on the food truck/restaurant at Lago Vargas for yesterday’s lunch and dinner, but assumed that we would need to carry our own breakfast with us because, #1, food trucks don’t usually serve breakfast, and #2, even if they did, they wouldn’t be serving at the super-early time we like to leave.…
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Los Ñadis, CL to Lago Vargas, CL
A 37°F temperature when we woke up, following yesterday’s cool air, meant that we now had a trend. But with no wind, and the two “rooms” (delineated by large rocks) at our wild campsite, it was still a comfortable and easy morning. Then why did we get rolling 30 minutes later than Rett planned to?…