Ration two, part one, in which we ascend a harrowing Patagonian horse trail to a beautiful alpine cirque.
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Some of the wildlife
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It's Greg.
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Bummer, dude.
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mckenzie climbing from lago plomo
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Laura, Mick, and the campo in the background
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Some mountain.. I'm not sure.
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Pat, or a shadow shaped like him.
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Veronica
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It seems like the usual view of these two was from behind...
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Missing: the sound of whistling
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Mike F, through the trees
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Chris F, also through the trees
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One of the many magical locations straight from a Tolken novel
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Mike.. doing something?
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John Stoddard, mountaineer
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You guessed it... with the edge of the northern icefield spread out behind
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And again
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Looking across the valley from the top of the Patagonian "horse trail"
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The cirque, to be our home for the next few days
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James and Mike.
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The Johns.
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Lindsay.
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James, seeing the same thing I'm seeing
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Laura, psyched!
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chatting
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Moving toward the cirque
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Ants and rocks
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Another magical place
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It's Andrea.
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Another view of the cirque
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This lake, at the base of the cirque, would later be our home for a night
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Andrea, climbing
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John and Veronica, climbing
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McKenzie and Laura kick steps.
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Greg, movin' on up
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The view towards the icefield
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More icefield views
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Looking back...
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Michael Canavan, mountaineer
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Enjoying a break
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Stoddard and Lindsay, looking ahead
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Almost there
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Looking back, towards camp
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Pretty tracks; pretty mountains
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Step, Step, Step, Step...
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Pulling the line up the hill
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Erin, kicking steps
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McKenzie, going up
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Taylor, ascending
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James, climbing
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Laura, thinking
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Mike, at the top
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Mike Finnegan, mountaineer
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The view from a high point on the west side of the cirque
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cirque again
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A bit of green on the moraine
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moraine flowers
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flower
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More green amongst the grey
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Laura, cooking
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Sunset in the cirque
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Sunset over the mountains
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