[start] Well, thought we should provide the latest running figures from the roadside, just north of Coyhaique. Beset by problems well documented in the blog (border crossing, trailer failure and minor injuries) September was a slow month logging only 327, a century of miles less than planned. The breakdown follows: .. Week 6 – 103 …
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Quick catch up from Coyhaique- one of those unusual places in southern Chilean Patagonia, “A town”! We arrived on Wednesday evening; later than planned after a few hitches: First Tuesday dawned with sightings of the endangered Patagonian huemul deer grazing metres away from David’s nosed. There are only an estimated 2000 individuals left in the …
No doubt about it, dirt roads, ripio, compressed gravel, whatever you dain to call it, the roads we have been running the last 600km over have been a mixed blessing – they bring us to the places less travelled, weaving though the most spectacular scenery on the planet, but at the cost of some bloody …
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Two sore ankles, two sore knees, one sore hip, the other ones are just sore at night, one sore back, tingling Achilles and fingers, two sore heads. What kind of animal does that make us? Hmm. Arrived into Cochrane yesterday afternoon. Found a campsite. Tapped until the cockerels decided to chat (school presentation imminent). They …
Ugggg, we’ve had to stop running again! After exactly one week of buses and waiting for buses; transiting from Argentina to reach the mountain we could see across the border in Chile, but were not permitted to traverse, we arrived on Thursday into Villa O’Higgins. This 900-odd-person-strong community is at the end of the western …
We have a problem in Bolivia, but it some ways it is a wonderful problem. Through our research to date it seems that we may have difficulty finding a route from Santa Cruz (where we must visit to see our charity Birdlife International’s partner Armonia whom we are seeking to raise money for) to Guajara-Marim …
just sat in a deserted gauchos wooden hut where we slept last night. Its howling with wind and rain outside, a stark contrast to yesterdays pure sunshine and blue skies, and we have another 20 miles to cover on the dirt road, albeit it through some of the most majestic and unspoilt territory on earth. …
Google maps doesn’t actually have the start point of our next leg, so we will be legitimately off the map! We resume the running in Villa O’Higgins and head, via point B here, 550km North to Coyhaique – look out for a phonecast tomorrow evening to explain more…
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So weeks of indecision have finally been decided – we will not be allowed to pass through to Chile on our route, and because of the gamble we took to run 90km up to the border, the journey will now have to be broken. At least it’s a decision, up to now we’ve had all …