Climbing Aguja de la S
After waiting in El Chalten for close to a month for good climbing weather Kate and I were finally able to make it up to the mountains. We didn’t set our sights to high given the last month of poor weather thus the poor route conditions. We choose one of the smaller mountains in the Fitzroy range, Aguja de la ‘S’, but it turned out to be just the right amount of mountain for us. Here are some pics from the climb.
Approaching can be so miserable
I can't think of many things as "FUN" as wading an icy river while it is snowing!
We were real glad we brought a tent.
It's looking snowy and icy up there
Upon closer inspection it still looks snowy and icy
Finally some climbing!
Splitter!
Perfect conditions for climbing with ice tools and rock shoes
Kate marching towards the beer and pizza! (we climbed the little mountain on the left)
way to go guys!
Comment by jeremy — February 1, 2010 @ 3:17 pm
You are awesome! And have a great sense of humor!
Comment by dana — February 1, 2010 @ 5:38 pm
Up Up & away, photos look fantastic, blue skies & all!
Rock on,
J
Comment by Jenning — February 2, 2010 @ 10:26 am
Nice pictures. Glad you were able to get some climbing in. Love you both.
Comment by Dad — February 2, 2010 @ 11:39 am
Happy Birthday Kate! Love your photo’s you look cold…
Comment by Barbie Schaefer — February 2, 2010 @ 11:57 am
Mikey, you do good work. My favorite is the river crossing with the shoes on — nothing says I am wet, tired, and over it like not taking off the shoes. Thanks for the arrigetch photo, it is now framed and the center piece of our house (placed in your ‘bedroom’ area).
ck
Comment by ck — February 2, 2010 @ 12:02 pm
[...] We had a great time, the approach was horrible, it was sleeting, but the climbing was fun and it felt great to be up high in the Mountains. For the full story check out The Cleanest Line blog on Patagonia’s site, and for lots of photos check out Mikey Schaefer’s blog. [...]
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