 on the road from El Calafate around Lago Argentino |
 on Ruta 40, crossing the Santa Cruz river |
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 rounding the east shore of Lago Argentino |
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 at La Leona, where Butch and Sundance paused after robbing the bank at Rio Gallegos in 1905 |
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 on the north shore of Lago Viedma; winds are picking up |
 sighting the cerros; Fitz Roy lost in the clouds |
 Tom's eyeglasses flew off into the wild! |
 ...never to be seen again |
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 El Chalten means "smoking mountain" |
 the Bahia Tunel at the north end of the lake |
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 the park visitor's center in the town of El Chalten |
 backed by the Condor Lookout |
 Tom and Jay head off up the trail to the top of the lookout |
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 remarkable density of Andean vegetation |
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 a surprising small wooded section at the saddle |
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 the Cerro Solo, alone in the distance |
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 our guide Fatima on the lookout peak |
 the view of El Chalten from the Condor Lookout |
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 Tom daring the wind again |
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 more of the amazing plant variety on the hike down |
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 a small laguna on the way out of town |
 on the trail to el Chorrillo del Salto |
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 at the "jumping falls" with Fatima |
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 heading back to El Calafate |
 the Viedma glacier in the distance |
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 that about sums it up! |
 a panorama of El Chalten from the lookout |