The Towers of Frey

After an all night bus ride from Santiago to Onsorno and an all day bus ride from there to Bareloche and a 3 hour + hike with 70 # packs we made it to the climbing area of Frey. the rock here is really good featured granite. It's steepness and discontinuous crack systems have taken me a while to get used to. We have climbed several towers so far with the highlight being the Slovenian Tower. The weather has been decent with only 1 day of rain, but there has been lots of wind, at night it feels like the tent is going to blow away. Today we are back in the town of Bareloche to get more supplies and plan to spend 7 more days at Frey to try and knock off the most classic routes of the area. I will try to add pics later of the amazing summits.

Hola From South America

I have made it to Santiago,Chile and met up with my climbing partner David. It was a long night flight from DFW and long process going through the Chilean customs. David's parents live here in Santiago so it has been nice to have a home base to opperate out of. As of right now we are planning on heading South to Bariloche in Argentina to climb at Frey, which will involve a full days of travel or more. The weather for Frey looks to be the best right now of anywhere, so I am excited to get it some climbing. Today we will be doing some shopping at gear organization to head out sometime on Tuesday. I will try to post updates when I have time and access to internet.

By the way temps here in Santiago are nice and warm!