Patagonia, a start. 52 & 53 New

Just back from Patagonia, brilliant, some pictures will follow when I'm organised. We did many things, including two more new ones. Walking on a glacier with crampons, v easy if you waddle to prevent catching the opposite leg. I always thought the turquoise to violet was photoshopped, but it's real.

Tia Maria with glacier ice is a fitzroy expeditions tradition, support them to keep it going!

Much more intrepid were a couple of Tyrolean traverses, luckily there had been too much rain to wade (done that, & it's cold if glaciers are involved) The national parks have brilliant signs, this one on a boat tells the locals about the life jackets, gringos are obviously less important!

and for anyone doubting me...

So much better than mouse traps.

I digress, back to the Tyrolean traverses, the first was quite genteel, feet only just out of the water, 

but as the rivers were high and we'd all passed the initiation we did the Big One, having watched poor souls without our lovely guides wade thigh deep in stuff the temperature of a good G&T