Distance: 60.16 km Ride time: 4:42:52 Average: 12.80 km/h Total: 22067 km In cycling circles the border crossing from El Chaltén in Argentina to Vila O’Higgins in Chile is famous. The plan for the crossing goes like this: Cycle 35 km up a valley, take a boat across a lake, stamp out of Argentina, push [ Read More ]
The weather looked calm as I opened my tent in the morning so I decided to go hiking. Over dinner yesterday other travelers suggested Lagunas de los Tres as a nice one day hike. I was hitting the trail early looking forward to some other form of exercise than fighting the head wind. The trail [ Read More ]
Distance: 13.95 km Ride time: 1:14:27 Average: 11.31 km/h Total: 22007 km After the very long day yesterday I enjoyed an extra hour of sleep in the morning. I love waking up to a view like this! On the short ride into El Chalten I passed 22000 km in a beautiful mountain setting, right at [ Read More ]
Distance: 133.61 km Ride time: 10:01:45 Average: 13.35 km/h Total: 21993 km I had set my alarm clock for 5 am, aiming for another early start to try to beat the wind. I like getting up early to catch the sunrise. Further south it was almost impossible as the sun would rise at 3:30. These [ Read More ]
Distance: 76.90 km Ride time: 5:08:06 Average: 15.0 km/h Total: 21859 km The weather forecast promised gale force winds for the beginning of the day, but from the window at the bakery where I was enjoying my breakfast things didn’t seem too crazy. For a change I would be cycling east and therefore enjoying some [ Read More ]
The cycling on the flat but very windy Patagonian pampa must have been hard as I needed five rest days in Calafate to be fit for fight again. Normally one or two nights will do. Luckily I found a bakery with local prices and Wi-Fi where I could set up office and start working on [ Read More ]
Distance: 96.60 km Ride time: 8:17:37 Average: 18.28 km/h Total: 21782 km My thermometer showed 0 degrees in my room as I woke up. Outside it would be a few degrees colder. With the strong Patagonian wind I frankly didn’t feel much like hitting the road. I knew that if I wanted to make it [ Read More ]
Distance: 122.52 km Ride time: 6:42:34 Average: 18.28 km/h Total: 21689 km I thought it had been a rather cold night but I was surprised when I woke up to find ice on the outside of my tent. This hadn’t happened even in Ushuaia. I went to the same cafeteria where I had spent the [ Read More ]
Distance: 75.40 km Ride time: 5:08:00 Average: 14.69 km/h Total: 21566 km The view from my mountain top camp this morning could not really compete with last night. It was raining and I was in the middle of a cloud. It was the 31st of December, the last day of the year. I had planned [ Read More ]
Distance: 46.76 km Ride time: 4:16:42 Average: 10.98 km/h Total: 21490 km I was feeling very excited when I passed the gate to the Torres del Paine National Park early in the morning. I had made it through the isolated dirt track without problems, and I could now expect to see some people again. Cycling [ Read More ]
