Thursday, May 2, 2013

May 2, 2013: South America Photographs

All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.  --Susan Sontag


Studying the map
Cerro Castillo, Chile

Hiking through the mountain pass
Waterfalls and Glaciers

Walking over a glacier
The Carretera Austral--we walked and hitch hiked the entire road (770 miles)
The fire master

Feeding a stray

Looking down on the valley from the top of Cerro Castillo
Pasta Night








Crossing Lake O´Higgins



Lima, Peru
Water Crossing



Mendoza, Argentina
 Doing the dishes













Mendoza Wine Tour
Grapes straight off the vine


Hiking to Argentina

La Paz, Bolivia

Train Graveyard in Bolivia
8...9...10!
Yet another water crossing


Mirar Flores, Peru
Dave and a glacier


The Futa!!!



Dinner



At the take out

Dave standing over the Futaleufu River


Catfish... not exactly a piranha


2 AM security stop... looking stylish, I know

Observatory in La Serena, Chile
Chaitan, Chile
Lima, Peru

De Rio Futa

Hanging out Playing cribbage in our tent

Quite disappointed with South America´s coffee.
Paddle captain

Enjoying some easy water before the next rapid

Another boat crossing
Castillo






Rainbow over the Cerro Castillo



A small port town in southern Patagonia



Dave being Dave
Cheeks full of Coca Leaves


About to roast some bratz




Marselo trying to sike me out at the put-in






Bussing our way through Bolivia



Cutting Dave´s curly locks... it turned out well

Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina
My lil´ninja
Cribbage--our favorite past time
Cutting up veggies for a salad


El Chalten, Argentina
It was a crazy, windy day
El Chalten
Castillo--¨Castle¨ in Spanish... you can see where it gets its name


Edible Patagonia berries





Peru
It´s hard to put the camera down in this place

Dave straddling the border of Chile and Argentina--nice socks


Villa Cerro Castillo



These guys were every where in the Pampas

An amazing hike from Villa O´Higgins, Chile to El Chalten, Argentina
Another boat-crossing shot... we took a lot of boats in Chile

You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life. --Joan MirĂ³