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  • Fossilized sand dunes, Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area, Arizona For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • A map of North and South America shows our flight from Seattle 7000 miles (through Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas) to Buenos Aires, taking 15 hours in the air. Argentina is plus 5 hours jet lag from Pacific Standard Time (West Coast, USA). Our adventure travel in Argentina and Chile lasted from February 3 to March 11, 2005. We flew 1500 miles from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, on the Argentina side of the island archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. We cruised 12 days round trip through the Beagle Channel and across the rough 400-mile Drake Passage to explore the frozen Antarctic Peninsula. A short airplane flight took us from Ushuaia to working-class Punta Arenas in Chile, where a hired van drove us to the tourist town of Puerto Natales. We hiked the W Route to admire striking mountain scenery in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. We bused into Argentina to the bustling tourist town of El Calafate, where day rental of a car let us visit the spectacular Moreno Glacier on our own schedule. A bus took us to the fun frontier village of El Chalten where several day hikes explored the awesome Mount Fitz Roy area. A flight from El Calafate returned to Buenos Aires. In Chile, Patagonia includes the territory of Valdivia through Tierra del Fuego archipelago. Spanning both Argentina and Chile, the foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants ("Patagão" or "Patagoni" who were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm taller than the Spaniards) who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world.
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  • A map of Patagonia shows our adventure itinerary in Argentina and Chile, from February 3 to March 11, 2005. We flew 1500 miles from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, on the Argentina side of the island archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. We cruised 12 days round trip through the Beagle Channel and across the rough 400-mile Drake Passage to explore the frozen Antarctic Peninsula. A short airplane flight took us from Ushuaia to working-class Punta Arenas in Chile, where a hired van drove us to the tourist town of Puerto Natales. We hiked the W Route to admire striking mountain scenery in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. We bused into Argentina to the bustling tourist town of El Calafate, where day rental of a car let us visit the spectacular Moreno Glacier on our own schedule. A bus took us to the fun frontier village of El Chalten where several day hikes explored the awesome Mount Fitz Roy area. A flight from El Calafate returned to Buenos Aires. In Chile, Patagonia includes the territory of Valdivia through Tierra del Fuego archipelago. Spanning both Argentina and Chile, the foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants ("Patagão" or "Patagoni" who were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm taller than the Spaniards) who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world.
    05ARG-00005-map-Patagonia-Route.jpg
  • Mount Olympus (2918 meters or 9568 feet elevation), highest peak in Greece, rises high above Litohoro village. The ancient Greeks considered awesome Mount Olympus to be the home of the god Zeus. Mount Olympus was declared the first national park of Greece in 1937. It is 100 kilometers southwest of Thessaloniki. Mount Olympus has eight peaks including the "Throne of Zeus" (2909 metres) and Mytikas (2919 metres, the highest summit). Mytikas, the highest of several summits on Mount Olympus, was never climbed until 1913 by a native of Litohoro and two Swiss climbers. Hiking season runs June through October. The hut will be most crowded in July and August, when advance reservations are most necessary. May through mid-June have the best climate, not overly hot. Visit the EOS (Greek Alpine Club) office in Litohoro for details of trails, mountain refuge reservations, and advice about weather conditions. In May 2001, Carol and I attempted to reach one of two summits (Mytikas, or the easier Skolio) with our excellent climbing guide Michalis (Mike) Vasileiou from Robinson Expeditions, but he wisely stopped our group due to slippery fresh snowfall and fog 300 feet short of the top.
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