HOLA FOLKS!
yesterday, Marina and I decided to do another hike to laguna de los tres, which the guide books described as a pretty lake at Mount Fitz Roy, so I expected , you know, a lake at the foot of mount fitz roy. WRONG !!! WE CLIMBED TO THE FRIGGEN TOP. Or as top as you can go without using ice picks and harnesses. It was four hours there, the last hour being completely vertical. I thought I was going to die, it was probably the hardest thing I have ever done in my whole life. but, it was worth it, when we got to the top, we were surrounded by snow and ice (yeah, thats how high we climbed, to ice, we were little dots at the top of the snowcovered mountains). people were crying on the way up it was so hard. but we kept on trekking and made it! once to the top, we admired the crazy cool mountain peak and frozen lake, ate our rice, lentil and hot dog concoction (we are roughin´it ), took some cool pics, put a rock on top of the rock pyramid that everyone adds to when they make it to the top, caught our breath and were on our way to the 4 hour descent and return to El Chalten. Marina and I were nottttt expecting any hike or climb of that level, and are pretty dang impressed with ourselves. As is everyone else that asks us if we made it or not. The people at the hiking equiptment store were like ´´¿en serio? ¿¿¿llegaron???¨ and the people that work at our hostel had to double check a few times because they didnt believe it either. when we FINALLY made it back to town (limping the last hour or so) we treated ourselves to la waffleria where we got hot chocolate and the best meal of our lives, waffles smothered in fruits and cinnamon and dulce etc etc.
so chea it was a long, fun, rewarding, somewhat miserable day.
today we are taking a break from hiking. times up! peace.
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