Archive for May, 2010
(Photo: Arctic Alps – Courtesy Wikipedia)
We knew the weather and snowpack might be a touch on the wintry side during the first part of our month-long adventure in northern Norway, so when heavy snow and near-hurricane force winds (read: blizzard!) greeted us upon arrival to a mountainous peninsula way… Read the rest
If you have gotten to know me from reading about my previous adventures on iWend, you are probably expecting to read all about gnarly rapids, heinous portages and big waterfalls . . . not this time!
We packed out vehicle with this check list:
Touring kayaks . . . check… Read the rest
I drove the next 1300 kilometers non-stop and was happy to arrive in Buenos Aires at precisely 4:30 a.m. The city was quiet, with no one in the streets. I could have not ask for more. Unloading everything and managing to put the kayak in the hall, nose down, I… Read the rest
The next stop was Caviahue, near the Copahue volcano. Another friend of a friend was waiting for my visit, the last one before my return to the big city. The landscape around the Andes is so drastic that by going just 10 miles east, you’ll go from rainforest to steppes.… Read the rest
The ins and outs of flying boats and gear to Kamchatka, and why we’re going the long way around.
After two weeks in Esquel, working the details of the coming expedition, I was ready to head back to Buenos Aires. The plan was to drive through the Los Alerces National Park by the Ruta 71. Then get on the Ruta 258 until Bariloche and spend two nights at Estancia… Read the rest
“Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce you to Shayla,” Caesar said casually as he walked me through his house. He would be gone for ten days and needed someone to feed his five cats. I needed a place to stay while Fred did the fiberglassing inside the boat, so it… Read the rest
