Jacket is still Mad Max style.  Not much more riding before I return home so gonna try to wait it out.

Wut ?..... I thought you were riding back.

Quote from: Speeddog on January 15, 2018, 04:48:40 PM
Wut ?..... I thought you were riding back.

Quote from: 1.21GW on January 15, 2018, 03:44:12 PM
Jacket is still Mad Max style.  Not much more riding before I return home so gonna try to wait it out.

Wont get to drive you the beach and have more fried fish with plantain and beer? and hear the rest of the alternate reality tour? You wont meet Bianca?

Quote from: Speeddog on January 15, 2018, 04:48:40 PM
Wut ?..... I thought you were riding back.

Money is, sadly, finite.

Quote from: DarkMonster620 on January 16, 2018, 04:08:23 PM
Wont get to drive you the beach and have more fried fish with plantain and beer? and hear the rest of the alternate reality tour? You wont meet Bianca?

Ok, I'll bite: who is Bianca?

Quote from: 1.21GW on January 17, 2018, 02:17:50 AM
Money is, sadly, finite.







Ok, I'll bite: who is Bianca?

Bianca is new pup . . .

Quote from: DarkMonster620 on January 17, 2018, 02:50:23 AM
Bianca is new pup . . .

I poked around Dogs of DMF thread...no pics.  Care to share?

Yesterday I was getting ready to enjoy another beautiful sunset here in the campo and then this monster storm came seemingly out of nowhere.  I thought it might be a tornado but no, just some menacing clouds that looked like the sky was boiling.  Made for some great pics.

Wow. Its churning. Great pics.
Those clouds look like a scene from the film "Ghost Rider". Hope you havent signed any dubious contracts lately.

Quote from: 1.21GW on January 18, 2018, 02:31:20 AM
I poked around Dogs of DMF thread...no pics.  Care to share?

Lemme see if I can work it from phone . . . I told you you were gonna loose your phone in colombia . . .nope... gotta wait till I get to the hill

Hope this works

https://flic.kr/p/23wKxGo

https://flic.kr/p/JCJb76

https://flic.kr/p/JCJbm4

BTW, ahe is features in my flickr feed . . .Since Aug 17

Hahaha, sorry it was hard to notice amid the four thousand fotos of food. 

Quote from: 1.21GW on January 18, 2018, 05:58:18 AM
Hahaha, sorry it was hard to notice amid the four thousand fotos of food. 

THAT MANY!!!!!

El Chalten is a proper climbing town made famous for two picturesque peaks: Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy.  A few pictures in local restaurant show the village in the 1990s when only the boldest climbers tried to conquer the spiked peaks: it was an empty field with just a few shacks.  Now is bustling with hikers and climbers, and all the hostels, artisanal beer pubs, cute cafes, and climbing shops of any climbing town in the Colorado or Utah.

I had only one day to hike, so I chose the Cerro Torre hike.  Unfortunately, the clouds were low all day and I never got to see the infamous peak.  With 100+kph winds that blew across the laguna at the base of the mountains, the last 50m of hiking was a master class in physical comedy: I sat and watched hiker after hiker stumble like 2am drunkards against that vicious wind.






















From El Chalten I rode down to Calafate to see the Perrito Moreno glacier, passing a lake that was candy blue en route.  Prior to this trip, I thought such colors only existed in the kaleidoscopic worlds of dreams and sci-fi novels.








Argentina has invested well in the facilities, including a series of walkways and viewpoints all along the hill overlooking the glacier.  It is one of the few glaciers worldwide that is still advancing.  It calves all day long and is as impressive as anything I've seen in Alaska or Chile.

Amazing shots. Thanks.