Trip Report
Patagonian Misadventures (Exocet attempt)

by Owen
Monday January 22, 2018 12:46pm
Trip report from 10 days of trying to climb mountains in the Fitzroy and Torre massifs:

https://northeastalpine.wordpress.com/2018/01/21/patagonian-misadventures/

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Owen 		About the Author
Owen is a social climber from New York.

Comments
ontheedgeandscaredtodeath

Social climber
Wilds of New Mexico
  Jan 22, 2018 - 02:58pm PT
Thanks!
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Jan 22, 2018 - 04:51pm PT
Really good stuff,
Cheers
norm larson

climber
wilson, wyoming
  Jan 22, 2018 - 06:16pm PT
That’s the shortest trip to Patagonia I ever heard of. But good on ya. Patagonia always delivers.
Owen

Gym climber
New Hampshire
Author's Reply  Jan 22, 2018 - 06:38pm PT
Norm Larson, I know but I was really psyched and my college break was just long enough to potentially get stuff done. Also shortest trip would be two guys who were staying at our hostel who flew down for 5 days with their only objective being the Ragni...
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
  Jan 22, 2018 - 10:42pm PT
hey there say, owen...

oh my... thanks for the share...

(oh my = thank god nothing worse happened)

good share!


donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
  Jan 23, 2018 - 02:41am PT
Nice TR with some good photos! I guess I was the first JD down there. My first trip there was 44 years ago way before the spa scene.
696 in a Firstlight....whoa, you must have done some phone booth stuffing in college. You probably discovered that Patagonia requires a pretty long time commitment.
norm larson

climber
wilson, wyoming
  Jan 23, 2018 - 05:34am PT
Jim I remember the picture of you in the spa. A tarp in a hole in the sand with a few buckets of hot water. I used the same method a year later down there. Felt like a spa to me. Not that I have ever been to a spa.
adikted

Boulder climber
Tahooooeeeee
  Jan 23, 2018 - 05:46am PT
Owen...was really good to hang with you here at AYLEN AIKE...we ended up bailing on Poincenot due to sh#t snow conditions but are headed back up to try Mermoz this nice window we got...Ragni congaline has started also...travel safe buddy and keep
In touch....

Greg
Bad Climber

Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
  Jan 23, 2018 - 07:35am PT
Great stuff! Thanks. Best of luck in your future endeavors--climbing and college.

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NutAgain!

Trad climber
https://nutagain.org
  Jan 23, 2018 - 08:46am PT
Bravo! Looks like a good use of a couple of weeks break from school.
Owen

Gym climber
New Hampshire
Author's Reply  Jan 24, 2018 - 09:26am PT

Hey Greg, really awesome meeting you and Maria as well and I hope you guys tag the cumbre on Mermoz! Best of luck with all of your future endeavors and let me know if you ever find yourself in the Northeast! Also, I think I will probably be heading to Chalten next year as well, so hopefully see you down there again!

Cheers,

Owen
ochotona

Social climber
The Portal, CA
  Jan 25, 2018 - 08:46am PT
Wow, what a $hitshow! You guys legitimately think what you were doing there was making good decisions and being safe? "Smashing the Rag" - WTF? As they say here on the taco...



YER GONNA DIE!
Owen

Gym climber
New Hampshire
Author's Reply  Jan 28, 2018 - 09:37am PT
Thank you ochotona for your comment. Just wanted to inform you that a couple of days ago James and his partner Rodrigo actually did "smash the rag". It was just playful banter but obviously everyone of us was taking everything very seriously...
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