Patagonia: an alpine trip down South [1]
[EN/RO below] I don't find it hard to explain why I chose to travel to the “end of the world” to climb mountains. In the climbing world there are a few hot spots that attract alpinists and climbers for their mountain beauty, challenges and history. Among Himalaya, the Alps or Alaska, Patagonia stands out for its unique landscape, its tower shaped peaks and some of the harshest weather conditions on the planet. Lacking high altitudes, these mountains are still not easy to approach. Climbing is steep and mostly technical, the terrain is wild, glaciated and sometimes complicated and on top of all the weather forces you to [...]