The W Day One (we were going East to West) was legitimately tough. We tackled the Tres Torres first. It’s another crazy day of hiking, which ended up being about 15 miles and nearly 4700 feet elevation gain. Much as with Lago de los Tres, the last bit of this hiking was little more than…
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Argentina Days 6 and 7 – 11/25 – 11/26/2023 – Laguna Torres and Near-Death
We were scheduled to leave el Chalten on November 25 and to transition to el Calafate for the rest of the Argentina leg of the trip. For reference, el Chalten is quite remote. There is a single stop (a few buildings) between el Chalten and el Calafate, called La Leona. It is basically a small…
Argentina Day 5 – 11/24/2023 – Laguna de los Tres & Laguna Capri
I find myself thinking a bit in Spanish as I write this. Being absolutely immersed for more than two weeks has brought back much of my prior understanding. How fun! I should do a better job of keeping it when I’m back in LA. In any case, November 24 was the first big hike of…
Argentina Day 4 – 11/23/2023 – Kayak and a Waterfall
The kayaking trip was a good bit of fun. An easy 5 miles or so down the Rio de los Vueltas. I had a partner for the trip, Sally, who is a woman in her mid-70s from Wisconsin and terribly sweet. She comes into the story again later (since I am now writing this near…
Yosemite – 10/26
For our final full day, one of our number managed to wrangle some young traveling nurses to join our crew. They were looking for a tougher hike, and incorrectly viewed us as knowing what we were doing due to our attire and demeanor of self-assuredness. Obviously, they were easily swayed, or they mostly thought Cameron…
Japan – Day Eight
Today, I drove 5 ish hours south to Noboribetsu. This is apparently a super famous onsen. There is basically this tiny town, just downhill from a volcano water spot/pond that has these giant hotels and onsen built around it. I’m at the Noboribetsu Grand Hotel. My room is bonkers, with a built in hot tub….
Japan – Day Six
I’ve been waking up early, and I only had so much time at Mizo no Uta (Song of Water). Since I wanted to finally start hiking, but I also wanted to get more quality time with the onsen, I woke up naturally (jet lagged) at 4:30. I left to hike by 4:45 am. Checkout was…
Japan – Day Five
This was 6/21, the day before my birthday, and I decided to get up insanely early to get to Nikka Brewery at its opening, since I was supposed to pick up my rental at 11. I would definitely be late, every train to Otaru was a local, and took about 40 min. Then I boarded…
Japan – Day Four
This was a bit tougher day. A total of about 8 hours on two trains. At least this time I caught the right ones. It’s surprising how tiring it is managing all the planes trains and automobiles in a foreign language and on a schedule to make your day work. I left Tokyo early Tuesday…
