Argentina - Cerro Tronador - Trans alpine trip - January 1988
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Above - In beech forest below Tronador - lunch break
Above - setting up camp higher up
Above - Peaks to the east
Above - Brad taking photos
Above - Climbing higher
Above - Tronador
Above - Climbing higher
Above - We stay in this rough refugio. It was cold and very draughty.
Above - Tronador - dusk
Above - Engraving on the bunk
Above - Tronador
Above - Tronador
Above - Peaks to the east - dawn mist
Above - Higher up
Above - a nice slot
Above - Climbing higher
Above - Brad, John and Doug
Above - the main summit (the International Summit)
Above - Climbing to the Argentinian summit
Above - The valley below
Above - Sunrise
Above - Ice on the refugio
Above - The refugio
Above - peaks to the east
Above - The refugio
Above - Footprints
Above - Doug, roped up and ready to go. From the refugio we traversed
the mountain
Above - Broken ice
Above - Traversing
Above - A rest stop
Above - we had to make our way through many crevasses
Above - Crevasses
Above - Crevasses
Above - Tronador
Above - near the Pass of the Clouds
Above - near the Pass of the Clouds
Above - near the Pass of the Clouds
Above - near the Pass of the Clouds. We descended to the pass, and then
climbed up onto the range on the other (eastern) side
Above - near the Pass of the Clouds
Above - Alpine country
Above - Tony looking back to Tronador
Above - Bob looking back to Tronador
Above - Bob looking ahead
Above - Tony on the walk
Above - a nice campsite
Above - We went out to the point overlooking the lake - while we were
there we saw a number of condors flying nearby
Above - We camped near this great lake
Above - View towards nearby volcanic peaks
Above - Bob, Tony and Brad sun baking near the lake.
We then descended to the valley floor and walked back to the road head
at the base of Tronador. Then we caught a bus back to Bariloche. The
next day we went on a long daywalk in
the hills nearby
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