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Cerro Catedral Walk

latest upload on 12 May 2008

Treks in Chronological Order

Prologue

El gang-gang ha aterrizado

Nahuel Huapi Traverse (part 1)

Nahuel Huapi Traverse (part 2)

Cruce de Lagos

Climbing Volcan Villarica

Huerquehue Lakes and El Cañi Sanctuary Walks

North to Tupiza

Tupiza to Uyuni Circuit (part 1- in the Bolivian Desert)

Tupiza to Uyuni Circuit (part 2 - the salt lakes)

North to Cuzco

Walking around Lake Titicaca and the Isla del Sol

Choquequirao to Machu Picchu Trek (part 1 - the canyons)

Choquequirao to Machu Picchu Trek (part 2 - the high passes)

Choquequirao to Machu Picchu Trek (part 3 - eyebrow of the jungle)

Ausengate Circuit (part 1 - our first 5000m pass)

Ausengate Circuit (part 2 - our second 5000m pass)

Manu Reserve Trip (part 1 - from mountains to jungle)

Manu Reserve Trip (part 2 - the Amazonian basin)

Arequipa - la Ciudad Blanca

Colca Canyon Trek (part 1 - where condors soar)

Colca Canyon Trek (part 2 - deep in the canyon)

Santa Cruz Trek - Cordillera Blanca (part 1)

Santa Cruz Trek - Cordillera Blanca (part 2)

In Ecuador (voluntarily)

Walks around Puerto Lopez

The Galapagos (part 1 - southern islands)

The Galapagos (part 2 - northern islands)

The Galapagos (part 3 - the big islands)

Podocarpus Country (walks around Vilcabamba)

Southward Bound (the Chimu and Moche ruins of Trujillo)

Walks around Valpo (coast and mountain walks near Valparaiso)

Cajón de Flores Trek

Upload History

12 May 2008 - The last trek - around Cerro Catedral - finally uploaded

9 May 2008 - I've added the last of our exploration of the Argentine lakes district - only one more section to go!

6 May 2008 - Our time exploring lake and volcano at Villa Pehuenia has now been uploaded

1 May 2008 - Description of La Ruta de los 7 Lagos uploaded

25 April 2008 - The walks aroud Ushuaia have now been uploaded

13 April 2008 - Back in town after a 215 km walk through Australia's high country and the uploads slowly continue - Fitzroy is now complete.

28 March 2008 - The day walk to Fitzroy now uploaded, but am now heading off for two weeks on another walking adventure - one day it might appear (if I ever catch up)

21 March 2008 - Have started to upload the superb walks we did at Fitzroy.

16 March 2008 - Moving on - the visit to Perito Moreno Glacier, one of the seven wonders of the natural world is now uploaded

11 March 2008 - The last 3 days of the trek have been uploaded

6 March 2008 - Day 2 of the W track in Torres del Paine uploaded

27 February 2008 - Day 1 of the W track in Torres del Paine uploaded

19 February 2008 - Our trip by boat down the fiords of southern Chile uploaded

14 February 2008 - Section on Chiloe uploaded

4 February 2008 - Section on Osorno and Puerto Octay uploaded

28 January 2008 - Home for a month already; its time to start getting this trip finished - Isla Mocha now uploaded

25 December 2007 - Alto Lircay walk uploaded in Bariloche (only 2 months behind) as we sadly prepare to leave this magnificent continent

21 December 2007 - Cajon de Flores trek uploaded in Bariloche

14 December 2007 - Section on the coast walks around Valparaiso uploaded in Bahia Blanca.

10 December 2007 - Another section on our big push from Ecuador to Chile uploaded in Rio Gallegos.

8 December 2007 - The remainder of the walks around Vilcambamba uploaded - Ecuador is complete, but it took to Ushuaia to do it!

27 November 2007 - The catchup continues as the first installment of Podocarpus country uploads in Ushuaia.

26 November 2007 - At long last the Galapagos has been completely uploaded - one boat trip finished, another about to begin.

24 November 2007 - Siempre un pocito mas de los Islas Galapagos. Que buen dia para Australia!! Uploaded in Ushuaia, most southerly city in the world.

20 November 2007 - Back in Calafate after a magnificent week of trekking around Fitzroy Peak. The Galapagos entries dribble on - I have now added a few underwater photos, such as they are.

9 November 2007 - A bit more of the Galapagos trip uploaded in El Calafate, Argentina, where we are having a break after completing a windy and wondrous trek in Torres del Paine.

1 November 2007 - Part 1 of the Galapagos completed and part 2 started - uploaded from Puerto Natales at the other end of the continent.

25 October 2007 - The Galapagos start to appear - uploaded from Chonchi on the island of Chiloe. Happy birthday Sharon!

19 October 2007 - The walks around Puerto Lopez uploaded via satellite from Isla Mocha - a very special spot that few tourists know about - thaks to our kind hosts Mario and Imme

8 October 2007 - Finally our first steps in Ecuador have been uploaded in Olmue, Chile.

7 October 2007 - The remainder of the Santa Cruz trek finally uploaded in Olmue, Chile (look it up in an atlas) after our big trip south.

23 September 2007 - Day 2 of the Santa Cruz Trek uploaded in Vilcabamba, the valley of longevity - probably our best ever single day of alpine trekking.

18 September 2007 - Two uploads in two days - almost a record. The Santa Cruz Trek gets underway.

17 September 2007 - A taste of the Cordillera Blanca uploaded in Puerto Ayora (look that up in your atlas) where we are midway through visiting another spectacular part of the world.

8 September 2007 - The last of the Colca Trip has now been uploaded. Time to head on.

6 September 2007 - the trekking part of our Colca adventure is now uploaded, as we prepare to head on from our 2 months of voluntary work in Puerto Lopez - if interested in what I did you can see it at www.gang-gang.net/puertolopez.net/index.htm

2 September 2007 - Day 3 of the Colca Trek uploaded. Happy birthday Helen!

31 August 2007 - Day 2 of the Colca Canyon trek - the condors soar!!!

26 August 2007 - From the jungle to the dry canyons of the western Andes, the journey continues. Happy birthday, Robbo!

24 August 2007 - the Manu Reserve Trip is now finished and the sun has still not shone on the Ecuadorean Coast. I've also included a one-pager on Arequipa and its impressive architecture

19 August 2007 - day 6 of the Manu trip now uploaded

16 August 2007 - started uploading part 2 of the Manu Reserve trip - have now had half a day of sunshine in 3 weeks - welcome to Humboldt Current country

12 August 2007 - struggling on to catch up - days 3 and 4 of the Manu trip now uploaded.

8 August 2007 - Second part of the adventures in Manu uploaded.

3 August 2007 - The Manu Reserve trip description is finally starting to appear - uploaded from warm but bleak Puerto Lopez where we just saw our first glimpse of the sun in 12 days. Happy Birthday Kym!

28 July 2007 - Only two months after we started it, the Ausengate Circuit is now uploaded

23 July 2007 - Day 4 of the Ausengate Circuit uploaded in Puerto Lopez.

20 July 2007 - Day 3 of the Ausengate Circuit uploaded in Puerto Lopez.

16 July 2007 - Day 2 of the Ausengate Circuit uploaded very slowly via the dial-up internet connection at Puerto Lopez, Ecuador.

13 July 2007 - Finally a bit of the next trek - The Ausengate Circuit - has been uploaded in Quito.

8 July 2007 - The last two days of C2MP uploaded in Quito - the trek is finally complete.

5 July 2007 - The first bit of Part 3 of the C2MP uploaded at Cuenca.

4 July 2007 - After 21 hours on a bus, we have crossed into Ecuador and Day 6 of C2MP was uploaded at an internet cafe in the old colonial city of Cuenca.

30 June 2007 - Day 5 of C2MP uploaded in Caraz - back from the Santa Cruz Trek, the best yet!

24 June 2007- Day 4 of the C2MP trek uploaded in Caraz where, after a 25 hour bus trip, we are getting ready to explore the Cordillera Blanca

21 June 2007 - Day 3 of the C2MP trek uploaded in Arequipa.

19 June 2007 - Back in Arequipa after the Colca Canyon Trek - second day of the C to MP trek uploaded.

14 June 2007 - First day of the Choquequirao to Machu Picchu Trek finally uploaded in Arequipa.

12 June 2007 - Back in Cuzco after 8 days in the Amazonian jungle - finally completed and uploaded the section on travelling to Cuzco (only 3 treks behind now!!). Happy 60th birthday, Errol.

2 June 2007 - More of the northward trip to Cuzco uploaded plus the walk from Isla del Sol to Copacabana. I am officially running way behind as we have now done the Choquequirao-Machu Picchu Trek and the Ausengate Trek (both very hard and very beautiful). Much trekking, little writing!

25 May 2007 - Part of our northward trip to Cuzco and the Isla del Sol walk uploaded in Cuzco (looks like we got there!)

15 May 2007 - The rest of the Tupiza to Uyuni trip uploaded in Cuzco, Peru.

12 May 2007 - The first two days of our trip across the Bolivian desert have now been uploaded in Copacabana.

7 May 2007 - More hacker problems have shut down the site for a second time, but hopefully the last as I have now updated the vulnerable software. In the meanwhile, the next page was uploaded in beautiful Copacabana on the shores of Lake Titicaca.

27 April 2007- For those who may have noticed that the website was shut down for 3 days, my apologies. This was the work of a hacker who planted malicious scripts in some folders. These have been removed and the site is back - the cyberspace wars go on. Meanwhile I have uploaded the next section in Tupiza, a quiet town surrounded by the beautiful gorges of southwest Bolivia.

22 April 2007 - Huerquehue Lakes day walk uploaded in Pucon, and it is still raining

18 April 2007 - Climb to the top of Volcan Villarica uploaded in Pucon, where the autumn rains have started with a vengeance

9 April 2007 - Crossing the Andes by bus and boat - the only way to do it

6 April 2007 - last stages of the Nahuel Huapi Trek uploaded in Pucon after a tiring day climbing the volcano

3 April 2007 - Day 4 of the first walk uploaded in Pucon in an attempt to avoid my Spanish homework

1 April 2007 - Day 3 of the first walk uploaded in Pucon, Chile, just below the gently smoking Volcan Villarica

30 March 2007 - Day 2 of the first walk uploaded in Puerto Varas, Chile, across a lake from the perfect volcanic cone of Osorno

28 March 2007 - First part of our first trek uploaded in Bariloche, Argentina

7 March 2007 - prologue uploaded. The adventure gets close.

     
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