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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Yeah, Lago General Carrera / Lago Buenos Aires is shared by Chile and Argentina. It’s 1850 km2, thus the largest lake in Chile and the fourth in Argentina.
Baser, is that boat actually big enough?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Combining the area in Chile and Argentina makes it the second largest lake in South America behind Titicaca.
In my mind it's the largest, a lake is defined as a body of water. The volume of water in Carrera, given it's great depth, exceeds that of Titicaca.
Give that definition the largest lake in the world is Lake Baikal.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 1, 2013 - 08:29pm PT
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I took a photo of a somewhat fantastic structure on a hill above Chile Chico, but I have no idea what inspired it, or what purpose, if any, it serves.
Is anyone in the know?
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Amy Ness
climber
ND
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Awesome! Myles and I just got back yesterday...it's a beautiful place.
Just FYI, we crossed the border to renew our visas and had to hitch back so I asked the driver about all the shrines- apparently some of them are for people who died on the road, but most are for saints and people leave them gifts...all the little houses. Anyway, just thought it was kind of cool. Glad you had a good trip!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 2, 2013 - 11:02pm PT
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Amy: Thanks for joining in!
RE your mention that the roadside shrines can be for saints, that are being remembered along the road.
When we drove south of Chile Chico, Angela mentioned that a roadside shrine, with a stack of empty bottles, was for a saintly woman that died of thirst in the arid lands nearby.
We then noted two more roadside shrines with stacks of empty bottles to the west of Chile Chico.
Lots of empty bottles and not enough saints?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Yes, all the ones I saw were packed with empty booze bottles. Apparently
God hates a sober person in S America. More sobering is the thought of
those 'mourners/worshipers' getting back on the road.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Doniniland bump. Jim or Fritz, how do I find Rancho Donini on Google Earth? South Lago Gen. Carrera, sixty road miles from Chile Chico, on Hwy 265? Nearest town or river? Just curious.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 9, 2015 - 05:01pm PT
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Wayno! What a pleasant surprise to find this thread active again. I enjoyed reviewing it.
Email on its way to you with Donini bivy location. I hesitate to share it with the world.
I have enough Spanish to usually get by in Spanish speaking countries, although polite conversations are difficult for me. Chilean Spanish was almost impossible for me to understand. Angela, who had been working on Chilean Spanish for years, could barely understand & in turn be understood by the locals.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Thanks, Fritz, I am in map mode today. Wondering about other places is one of my pastimes. Chile usually gets me going for days, especially Patagonia.
I have heard that the Chilean Police pride themselves as having the least corruption of any South or Central American country. I have also heard that Chilean Spanish is full of local terminology that confuses even a lot of native Spanish speakers.
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