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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