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Dispatch from Andrew McLean

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Andrew and companions are down backcountry skiing in the land of wind and snow, the Patagonia Ice Cap. Got a sat phone call from him yesterday, which I thought would be fun to share as the first backcountry skiing blog post of this season:

“Hi Dawsons, it’s Andrew, we’re calling from halfway up a couloir in the middle of the Southern Patagonia ice cap. We’ve had an amazing trip so far — the worst weather I’ve experienced in my life, including anchoring our tent with pitons and climbing rope, and getting five feet of snow in the last 30 hours, to the point where our tent is completely augured in. We are camped in a place called Cirque of the Alters — Cerro Torre, Cerro Stanheart, all of those big boys are around us — a beautiful location (if you can see anything). And the skiing is looking pretty good, we’ve got a nice descent below us — went about half way up the couloir because of all the new snow. Hope you guys are doing well.”

Posted by Lou on November 27, 2005 | Filed Under Trip Reports 

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