After day one, I was pretty wiped out. I had not fully recovered from my vomiting and delirium for basically 24 hours straight. Then, only two days removed, I did a MASSIVE hike, in the snow, below zero, with 4600 feet of elevation gain. Looking at the schedule, I saw that W Trek Day two…
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Chile Day 10 – 11/29/2023 – W Day One
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…
Argentina Day 8 – 11/27/2023 – Glacier Perito Moreno
Once the illness had sufficiently worn off, I decided to use my “free day” to basically do the same thing the group did the day before. So, Kevin (another victim) and I went to Glacier Perito Moreno, took a boat ride to see it, and basically waited around waiting for some calving. It was actually…
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…
OU / BYU
A few years ago, I decided to try and attend some of the many OU games I usually was watching on TV each year. I’ve done it a few times now. They played UCLA a few years ago in Norman, then I went again when they were back in LA. That was the Jalen Hurts…
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…
Yosemite – 10/25
Day three, we chose to do a bit of a lesser hike. Many of the boys were a bit worn out from the day before. So, we chose to do the Mirror Lake hike. This time of year, the Mirror Lake is barely more than a thick stream. But, in May or June, the Mirror…
London Whirlwind
From West Virginia, I was supposed to head straight to London to start work. By my poor dog, Daphne, had what I understood was IVDD (intervertebral disc disease). Basically, her spine was collapsing, or discs were pressing hard on her spinal cord or some variation thereof. The net result of such things was that she…