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Patagonia Glacier Walk
There are more Patagonia Glacier Photos lower down this page.
Click on any image to move to the next page, hiking [on dry land!] Patagonia.
Getting
a look at the Perito Moreno glacier from a crampon's point of view.
The
closest you will get to a glacier is if you walk on it, not something
you can do on your own as Argentina would prefer that its visitors
don't tragically disappear down the many deep blue crevices. Thus
a posse of guides is needed to herd even small groups safely over
the ice for a couple of hours.
The trip is costly but guides are knowledgeable and the experience
fascinating. Crampons - supplied - are essential as groups move fairly
freely over uncharted territory, unlike, for example, glacier hikes
in some parts of the world where visitors simply walk in file on a
flat, well-trod, non-slippery path.
Walking
the Perito Moreno glacier.
Deep
and meaningful crevice discussions on the glacier.
One
of the glacier guides, a champion ice climber, demonstrates his technique.
The
end-of-trek scotch-on-the rocks party.
At
the end of the Perito Moreno glacier trek the guides spring a surprise,
a free scotch whisky and chocolate bar hidden in one of the glacier
valleys, the perfect end to an icy two hour walk...12 year-old scotch
on 60,000 year old rocks.
Information:
Argentina Travel Guide |
Argentina Map | South
America Map | Argentina
Tours
Pictures:
Buenos
Aires | Iguazu Falls
| Ushuaia | El
Chalten Pictures
Patagonia Photos © Julian Loader
