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May 09 Aconcagua Solo Climbing: PART 2It was....really Hard :o)
My climbing to Aconcagua with absolutelly no experience. I used a tent only 6 timess in all my life before this experience. I have never walked higher than 3.200 mt I have never coocked in a campsi... My climbing to Aconcagua with absolutelly no experience. I used a tent only 6 timess in all my life before this experience. I have never walked higher than 3.200 mt I have never coocked in a campsite and I had no idea about the word: High Mountain. It was a great experience . You can do it but please....listen to your body cause Mountain can be great and can be lethal as well!...I got 6.430 mt cause I couldn't sleep for 72 hours (because of the strong wind for 2 nights and because I slept in the refuge of Berlin the last night before the attempt...with 12 other persons and a 96Kg man slept most of the time above me....so...I couldn't breath for most of the time!!!)....I was very upset cause if I slept I could get the summit (500 mt higher) but now I think that what i did was very good anyway and maybe it's better that I didn't get the "Cumbre" cause in this way I could know my limits! Fantastic Experience!!..Thanks to all people who where close to me and a Big hugs to Vito Magni the Great Guardpark of Aconcagua :o)
Aconcagua Solo Climbing: PART 1Finally the Videos of Aconcagua
 PART 1
January 28 Before the Departure for Aconcagua
...My feeling is a bit in trouble...the big day is coming.
Tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. (argentinean Time) I'll take the bus for Mendoza (Company: Sendas - Price 195 pesos - Cama executive)
At 08.30 on january 30 I should arrive to Mendoza where i'll buy the climbing permission.
In Mendoza I am going to stay at Hostel Triskel I contacted them by msn and people seemed nice...
I'll spend 2 days in Mendoza and then I'll go to Puente de l'incas from where my adventure will start.
39 Kg for around 33 Km are a lot....I hope my back will resist!
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January 24 Logistic 3: Te backpack for AconcaguaI'll take with me 2 backpacks. The big one is 32 Kg and the small one 7 kg.
January 23 Logistic 2: the food for Aconcagua...I'll consider food for 12 days. 4/6 days at the Base Camp of Plaza de Mulas there is a kind of Restaurant so I think I'll eat there....
220 g of Dry food (carbohydrates) per day. I mean: Dry potatoes, dry Polenta, dry vegetable creams.
Dry fruits
Chocolates
Protein Bars
Total weight is around 5.3 Kg
January 07 Logistic 1I have never had this kind of experience before so...the organisation is a bit difficult. First thing I'll go by myself (solo) so I have to carry everything....for this reason I must take only the necessary. I cannot take more than 25 Kg...otherwise it will be too havey! 2 sleeping bags ( 3kg in total): 1 Sleeping bag for (-30C° extrem) and 1 Sleeping Bag for (- 11C° Extreme). I'll use the lightest inside the warmest...I won't close totally the smallest otherwise the warm of my body won't be able to warm the sleeping bag but anyway it should be a better insulation. In case of really cold weather I'll also use some Chemical Toe warmers inside my sleeing bag Total weight 3.0 Kg. 1 Tent for high mountain for 2 persons that I'll use just for me...Anyway it's not so big if I consider all the equipement ... Maybe I'll also have to cook inside. Mountain Boots (Boots are very important cause they can save your feet from hypothermy) I am going to use the "La Sportiva Spantik" Weight 2.0 Kg . Trekking shoes, to get the Base Camp Plaza de Mulas and for most of the hike. A lot of Chemical Toe Warmers. I don't want to use the mules. People told me that they are really badly treated and sometimes the companies that organize the transfer of your stuff to the Base Camp Plaza de Mulas lose your equipement... For both reasons too I don't want to use any mule. Without mule of course it will be harder tt carry my equipement that's why I'll be slower then the other organized people....so...I think I'll get Plaza de Mulas in to step. That's not bad cause in this way I'll be able to aclimatize myself better.
First step from the start point: around 13 km. From mt 2.400 to Mt 2.870
Second step. From Camp 1 to Camp 2: around 13.5 Km. From Mt 2.900 to mt 3.250
Third Step . From Camp 2 to Plaza de Mulas: around Km 10.0. From mt 3.250 to mt 4.200
At Plaza de Mulas I plan to stay around 3/4 days to relax and acclimatize myself.
To the next Base Camp (Nido de Condores) I'll take with me only the necessary to survive 4 days and "attack" the top. I don't want to get Nido de Condores with more than 15 Kg.I'll leave the other stuff at the Refugio at Plaza de Mulas where they can store them.
Fourth step. From Plaza de Mulas to Nido de Condores . From mt 4.200 to mt 5.000
Then I'll decide if I attack the top from there in 2 days or I'll go to stay at Camp Berlin at 5.800 so I'll be closer to the summit.
That's just a plan but everything can change. I don't know the reaction of my body to that altitude and to the temperature. I am going to experience myself! This is just the attempt of a hamble and common man December 29 Expedition to AconcaguaFrom The end of January 2009 till February the 18th (Around 20 days) I'll try to get the top of Aconcagua Solo :o) I'll try to get the summit (6960 mt) in the Alpine way, without any organized tour and without the help of the mules. For this reason I'll have to carry everything by myself. It will be a big challenge with myself... Aconcagua is the highest pick of Americas and the highest in the world if you don't consider the Himalaya. The training was hard. I'll have to carry between 25 and 30 Kg of stuff up to 4.300 mt. Then I'll carry around 18 Kg up 5.800 and only around 7 Kg up to the top. I don't want any organized tour and I don't want the help of the mules cause I think that if I get it I have to do it by myself. I don't want to play at Wimbledon with Rafael Nadal helping me just behind me...cause if I win it shouldn't be my real victory...if I win I want to win by myself...otherwise it's better to partecipate without winning. I worked very hard to get the top of Aconcagua but if I won't be able to get it....every meter I'll get it will be totally mine. I am training 5 times per week. I train with a 15 Kg backpack. s lot of floors by stairs, walking and byking. I don't want to charge more than 15 Kg cause I don't want to stress my legs too much during the training.... Next The Logistic...
August 12 Problemsof Modern ArgentinaProblems of Modern Argentina :
1) Corn Ethanol Speculation is going to finish so it's possible that the price ot the Land in Argentina is going to fall very fast
2) Argentinean Bank sold a lot of US$ to keep the US$ down. In this way the Argentinean farmers who increased the prices of their products and didn't want to sell them to the internal Market (cause the Argentineans didn't want to pay the same prices of foreign countries), lost 20% in 2 weeks and didn't have any more benefit from the weak Peso so...no more convenient to sell their products to the other countries!!That made them very ANGRY... Anyway the strong peso with e Big Inflaction and much less US$ in the Argentinean Bank can be very dangerous for the Argentinean economy and in 6 /7 months we could see the US$ at 3.5 against the Peso!
3) Argentinean GDP growed 9% per year since 2002 and that's abnormal
So....be carefull.... Argentina is a great and very beautiful country but before investing again I should be waiting for the second big bubble explosion!...
April 10 BUENOS AIRES....A nice full day We spent some super beautiful days in Buenos Aires!!!!...
...Buenos Aires is a great city. ENJOY IT :o)
If you are looking for a great apartments to stay in Buenos Aires
...or just a room.... check this link :o) January 20 Ottawa...a very nice Town! :o)January 16 The "Bad and the Good" BronxTake the underground till the end (Around 50 minutes from Times Square) and you'll get Pelham Bay. You are in the Bronx. Bronx has 2 sides. The residential and nice area with beautifuo houses in wood like City Island and the sadly famous for the high criminality rate and the ugly building South Bronx (3rd Avenue) . Honestelly if I lived there and in those conditions I should be angry too!!!...I see a child who grow up there and just 20 miles from there....the children of the VIP of Manhattan with all the conforts!!
January 14 New York: Rich is....better!!!!The Bronx. Sadly famous for the high criminality rate. There are 2 Bronx. The nice one and the bad one. The first one (the nice) is a very nice area, close to the water. A residential place with beautiful houses in wood. The second one (the bad) seems abandoned by the police and the government . You feel scary when you walk around. People have nothing to do with the people that live in Manhattan. The crazy thing is that if you have a house in Bronx you pay the same property taxes you pay in the 5th avenue in Manhattan!!! January 13 Welcome to NEW YORK!!!Rome Fiumicino Airport. Looking for an info point…Dam…no open info point…ops..I see a Virtual info point…thanks Hitech but…no way…even the Virtual Info Point is out of order so…I need a phone…finally I find 3…Lucky cause 1 of the 3 work… :o)
Rome-Paris (air France) The flight was a little bit late (30 mintes)…not too bad…but…upon I arrived to Charles de Gaule Airport…just before the police control…oops…Terrorism alarm!!!...It’s the new “fashion”!!---someone forgot his lugguage and …police evaquate all the area….Traveling is stressfull…hundreds controls and now…lateagain because of the…”bomb”…of course it was just a forgotten lugguage but all the plains were delayed!... Arrival to New York. Take the air train ( 5 U$ that you’ll pay to the last station) to Jamaica Station (around 20 minutes from the terminal. Then I bought the 1 week metro/bus pass (24 US$) . From Jamaica Station to Times Square it takes around 40 minutes by Subway (Blue Line) January 08 New Adenture is coming...Here I am again. Next stops: New York, Montreal, Ottawa, Argentina, Perù, Chile, Bolivia.... Tomorrow Wake up at 07.00. Flight for Roma. The day after Flight for Paris-New York...Straight to the cold!!! :o) March 02 Some more friends.......Argentina is a Fantastic country!...I love it. People are wonderful. I think that smiles can talk better than any word! :o) February 09 These places are too great to stay in an Internet Cafe! ;o)Wow...I have to chose...stay in an Internet cafe and Upate my blog or enjoy the beauty of these places??....I think I'll write much more when I come back! eh h...
Anyway. Till now I made 155 km of trekking with my Backpacks....between Lapataia, Glaciar Marcial, Torre del Paines and Los Glaciers park (Fitz Roy)....Patagoni is something great...words are not enough to describe it...The feeling you get is something unique...I love this places...I am writing from Chile in this moment...I am falling in love....I am falling in love of the pure nature, of the wild landscape, of the clean air of the smiling people and of ll hundred friends that shared a part of my life during this trip...In this photos just very few friends I met but soon....I'll show all the super friends! :o)
Thanks Patagonia and thanks to all these people fot the great feeling I got. January 26 Trekking in Tierra del Fuego...What a great Place for Trekking!! :o) I don't like to make any organized tour. I need just a Gps, 1 good map and....I go!...Much cheaper and more exciting! ;o)
In Ushuaia area there are a lot of different trekking you can do. I choose the tour of Lapataia Bay and the hike to the Glaciar Martial. Classic treks but very nice. You can also go to Laguna Vinciguerra...another very nice place with a great lake.
LAPATAIA BAY: All the trek is Km 19.1.. My Av Speed was 3.6 Km/h. Effective Moving Time 5h 01 min. Stop 2h. 24 min. Tot. Ascent 1395 mt.
During this trek you can really feel the Patagonia....You'll walk close to the lakes. Many different scenaries. You'll meet a lot of different species of animals...and a lot of types of trees....It's like beeing in a documentary of the National Geographic!!! :o)
GLACIAR MARTIAL: All trek (from the port of Ushuaia) is 16.6 Km. Mov. Time 4h 42 min. Stop 4h.04 min Av. Speed 3.5 Km/h. Tot Ascent 2372 mt. Max Elev 883 mt.
This trek is also really nice. I started with the raining and I finished with the sun. A lot of Mud during the trek...Be ready to get dirty!! ;o) You can even climb on the glacier if you are good. The Panorama from the top is Fantastic!!!!!! January 24 Transfer to Ushuaia (Patagonia)TIERRA DEL FUEGO
Flight company from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia: LAN. Originally the flight was at 12.00 but of course it was late!!!....Finally I also got my lugguage from Ieria!
Weather in Buenos Aires: Raining. Arrival to Ushuaia at 17.00. Ushuaia is a very cute town. It's the most southern town in the world. At 22.30 it's still daylight. The air is very clear. It's not cold. At 17.00 22 Celsius and at 22.00 around 16 Celsius (Unusual for this period...cause usually is colder) Many tourists of all ages and many backpackers. If you want to buy something for trekking do it in Buenos Aires. It's much cheaper. Ushuaia is a touristic places and everything is more expensive.
Tomorrow the trek in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia will start.
January 22 Arrival to Argentina....Flight Palermo-Milano at 09.10 with Easy Jet....IN TIME!! After a small walk in Milano Centre I made my checkin with IBERIA! Plain was expeted to take off at 18.25. NO WAY!! It took off at 21.45! WOW!!! My coincidence in Madrid for Buenos Aires was at 00.05 so I couldn't catch it! Flight Landed to Madrid at 23.40. I run like Ben Johnson with the doping :o).(Airport of Madrid is very HUGE!!) At 23.57 I was in front of the gates U. The Staff of IBERIA wanted to check my ticket: "ok, don't worry" they said. After a while they said me:"no problem...we found a placefor you.I was so happy! I went inside the plain. I put my lugguage away. Plain was ready for the take off. I asked to a guy close to me:"Is this the flight to Buenos Aires?" He answered:" NO...we are going to Santiago del Chile!"....Nooooo....I screamed...IBERIA Staff put me in the wrong plain!!!!!
They stopped the plain....tooke me out and they said me:"don't worry.....no problem!"....Yes...infact I missed my plain!!!!!
The day after they put me in another flight...Before leaving I asked TTWICE to the IBERIA Staff: "Is my lugguage inside the plain?"...for TWICE they answered:"YES.....your lugguage is inside the plain"....Well...when I arrived to Buenos Aires I didn't get my lugguage and I am still waiting for it!!!
Anyway...a part IBERIA (Very very bad company!) People in Argentina are GREAT!!! January 16 Patagonia and Tierra del FuegoThat's the Plan....of course everything can change. I am very flexible....the important thing is having fun :o)
Period: January/February 2007 Bags: Backpack (60 liters) Not too havy otherwise the trek will be too hard and to slow. Tent (Kg 1.50) Sleeping Bag Kg 0.700 (fpr outside temperature between +13C° and -9C°). Total weight Kg 2.20. 2 Torches, Maps, Gps system (garmin gpsmap 60csx), Compass, Stoves, Dry food, Protein and Vitamins, Batteries, First Aid kit. ...Buenos Aires - Ushuaia. Ushuaia, the last town of the world...Arrival to Ushuaia. From Ushuaia, Trekking to the Glaciar Martial and Lapataia Bay. Then straight to Puerto Natales (Chile). Trekking to Torres del Paine...I am still studying the trek.After the big trek in Torres del Paine straight to Calafate and Chalten(Argentina). Trek to Perito Moreno, Cerro Torres and Fitz Roy area. Then, Straight to Puerto Montt(Chile) and San Carlo de Bariloches. |
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