|
Mike's Photos From The Road #99
|
|
<--previous gallery | photos | next gallery-->
|
|
|
while trekking on the glacier torre in el chalten we came to a ice wall that you could scale with picks and spiked boots. ice climbing...sign me up.
|
|
|
there was a guy climbing next to me and, thanks to the influence of my brother david, i raced the guy to the top.
|
|
|
i made it. first. how about that, bro?
|
|
|
lauren tried it out as well.
|
|
|
i took this photo of another climber at the top. not a bad view while climbing, eh?
|
|
|
after we climbed it was time to head back to town. we had to cross the river again on the zip line and i let lauren know what i thought of it. it was quite uncomfortable.
|
|
|
ice climbing, glacier trekking, trekking, mountain biking...it was all part of a week-long birthday celebration for me. everyone got into it, including this woodpecker.
|
|
|
as i said, mountain biking was a part of the celebration but it didn't go quite so well. about five kilometers into my 37 k trip back to el chalten i popped the first of three tires.
|
|
|
when you get to cycle past stuff like this on your birthday though you don't really mind having to slow way down. cerro fitzroy in el chalten.
|
|
|
the town of el chalten gave me this peak for my 34th birthday. it's mine now.
|
|
|
me and my traveling pal lauren at the stroke of midnight on november 15, 2005.
|
|
|
happy birthday to me. what a white russian it was. what an amazing birthday week it was. what a life it is. thank you, thank you, thank you.
|
|
<--previous gallery | photos | next gallery-->
|
