A kilometre after the Argentine border checkpoint the bus pulled into the side of the road at Puente del Inca, and off I hopped. The bus driver’s assistant elected to heave my rucksack out of …
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Category: Preparations
3. Santiago to the Argentinean Border
Thursday 8th January dawned : I had already bought my ticket for the one o’clock bus from Santiago to Puente del Inca, and set about doing the last minute purchases. After contemplating the possible effects …
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Once I had decided to attempt to climb Aconcagua, the most immediate problem seemed to be the lack of any potential companions. Nearly 7 years had gone by since I had hatched my rather naïve …
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“Es muy muy muy frio…”, the Argentine mountain guide was saying to me in slow Spanish, which I found all too easy to understand : “…it’s very very very cold..”. The date was 1st February 1991, the place was …
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