Argentina - Piedras Paradas

Short update of the trip here in South America. After a little climbing trip in Caracas where I did some sportclimbing in La Guairita I left Venezuela and flew towards Argentina. Three days of sitting on a plane or bus brought me towards Bariloche. One of the city´s in Argentina that have a lot of climbing around. I only stayed one day in Bariloche before I moved to Piedras Paradas with a local Argentine, Maty.Piedras Paradas is a national park four...

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'Niños con Armas' Chapter 4 and last!

So... What about 'Niños con Dulce de Leche? Like every expedition you prepare everything, buy food, organize the food well, etc... Although we had a hard time buying the right food and the right amount, one thing we did amazingly good! After packing, hiking, jugging and climbing a human body is tired and needs a little reward. We bought 4 jars of 'Dulce de Leche', this is a sweet and creamy paste from Argentina. Before this trip I did not know what...

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Niños con Dulce de Leche? Chapter 3

Our goal clearly was to freeclimb everthing and use the cleanest style to reach the source of the waterfall. Lifting our butts of the ground! We didn't spill one precious day at this wall. Not yet recuperated of the hike we found our way to the base of our climb. The start of the first pitch was obvious but tricky climbing. Needing three ropes, two belayers, nailing in some pins and pegs, placing tricky gear we opened the first pitch wich we freeclimbed...

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Niños con ... Chapter 2

After a one hour conversation of Mason and me speaking little spanish and Alberto (our guide) speaking spanish mixed with native language we fixed one guide and five porters. Those little natives where welcome to carry some bags on the three day hike trough the hot, open savana and the dense, dark jungle.One step after the other, to reach one goal.January 30th we left Yunek with a group of ten people hiking on the short dry grass of the savana with...

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