Friday, August 24, 2012

WE CLIMBED A VOLCANO!!!!!!!

DAY FIVE

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and in this case this is definitely true.  Here´s some moments from our 8 hour journey up and down the Volcan Villacar (which is 2,800 metres tall and a part of the Andies mountains).

I know we said no words, but a few things to point out -
- it was freaking hard and pretty cold too (Gill even wore a touque)
- 75% of our group didn´t make it (the wimp paddlers from the day before lasted 45 minutes)
- snow we had to tredge through was thigh deep
- we were promised we´d be able to sled down the hill, but the snow was so deep this was impossible
- Our guide Joachim nicknamed us LAS CHICAS FORTAS!

our group pre-hike
 
 
just above the clouds.  NBD.

the 4 that made it longer than 2 hours - Andy, Alex, Gill and Justine

the guide and Gill leading the way (shocking I know!)

the happiest girls.  5 hours later we reached our destination!

New Zealand and Canada = Survivors! 

 

1 comment:

  1. So impressed G! Now THAT is an extreme off road adventure ;)

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