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hey I'm Emily and I've been traveling with my husband Danny and our pets grabbing some
preeta for the past four years in our van from Alaska to Argentina this week we're meeting
up with some friends good morning good morning we're here in El ciao Den today we're gonna
head out on a hike up to see at Laguna De Los Tres and this is a big one so we're preparing
last night we made our backpacks up and got a good night's sleep and yeah we're heading
up with our van friends we're excited to head out on some hikes together this one is going
to be about 12 miles 3 000 feet elevation game but it should be just elevation gain
in the beginning flat elevation game at the end this is the famous Fitzroy when we came
with my parents we were never able to even see the mountain because it was so cloudy
all the time today we're already seeing it out the window here is beautiful and the whole
way up we should have a view of it so pretty excited to actually see this mountain for
once and do the mega hike here this is like the main event here in El Chapan Argentina
we're going we're going friends so we can leave the van at the beginning of the town
in this parking lot that all of the other Vans stay every night so it'll be safe over
here yeah so come check out the friends van good morning good morning guys [Music] oh
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okay let's go
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[Music] so this is the main hike here in LG 10 it's called Laguna De Los Tres it's pretty
Mega hike 14 miles all day kind of thing with 3 500 feet elevation gain but all along the
way we should have views of the mountain Fitzroy which is a super peaky Jagged Mountain up
here and just really gives the town its character so this is the number one thing to do even
though it's not an easy hike oh dang here we go the first big view of the mountain here
check this out
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oh my God there's more uphill I thought we were there but we're definitely getting to
enjoy the view from here and we'll see when we get up there but almost there should be
a beautiful glacial Lake what a hike this could be it
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that was hard but this view definitely makes it worth it that hike was so hard but honestly
to be up here having a sandwich eating lunch it's such an awesome reward we were hiking
for about three and a half hours and I haven't checked my phone yet for the pedometer and
it's supposed to be about a 12 mile hike we saw a box down here too which is really cool
I think that people are feeding him and that's why he's over there so just make sure not
to feed Wildlife as you see them it was pretty warm going up but sitting here and admiring
the views it starts to get a little bit chillier so I'm glad we brought the right amount of
clothes with base layers and wind breaks and stuff like that I don't really want to leave
so we should be traveling with Catherine and Klaus for a bit and with their Chevy van and
our ProMaster and they're actually starting a YouTube channel too so check that out we'll
put the card right here and it's just gonna be some good Convoy action check it out
this fox is sneaking up on us oh we're not giving them any ppjs no we ate everything
buddy but that's why you're not allowed to bring a dog I guess
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hike and now we're all showered up I'm heading out for an awesome campsite with the friends
probably we're just gonna rest tomorrow it's already kind of late tonight so I'm gonna
rest the beach you have a really nice big dinner tonight and I will see you guys tomorrow
at this wild campsite that we found [Music]
good morning we are here at the campsite we found last night it's okay but honestly we
were hoping for a better one all the ones on I Overlander seem to be fenced off I guess
the people that own the land around here don't really want people camping which is a bummer
it was a really nice night of sleep it was super quiet compared to where we stayed the
night before we did the hike it was basically a parking lot so there was cars going off
in the middle of the night and then we woke up early to do the hike So today we're going
to be heading down the road a little bit more down to Lago de sierto which is supposed to
be a really nice Lake and hopefully there's some other campsites around there we'll be
able to check out it's a beautiful area lots of mountain views glaciers pretty lakes and
plenty of places for somebody to roam around so that's really nice we're making it to the
end of the road here and this road has been pretty rough honestly I was uh checking with
the friends if they wanted to turn back but we all decided to press on to the end here
so I'm excited to show you guys The View some glaciers up above the lake
so here it is
so if you come here on a bike or a Backpacker you could cross this Lake on the ferry walk
a bit more enter Chile here and start from the very bottom of that which is a supersonic
road that friends just came from a beautiful beautiful part of the world with these glaciers
lakes the river the waters crystal clear you can see right through until it gets deep for
Vans unfortunately all the side roads are blocked off by fences it's too bad like in
the states it was so easy in a national forest just to find a little side road day would
go nowhere and seclusion but here we're kind of confined to near the road but we'll find
a pretty good spot and it's definitely a beautiful area no matter what
oh this is some scary wind around here it's like really whipping the van is moving so
much this is probably the worst wind we've experienced so we're really hoping to get
out of this Valley whoa It's like a dust storm at some points and at all points the side
mirrors are completely useless whoa
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that's probably not a good
option they don't want to drive too much farther but at the same time there's not really any
other options until we get close to town and uh that might not be a good option either
so yeah let's keep going I suppose that wasn't too good back there all right yeah this road
is crazy what we got for snacks babe it's a veggie ham and crackers and then also we
have a pizza or I'm sorry because that's good
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[Music] So today we're gonna do the other great thing you could do here in El chalten
there's another Mega hike I think this one's gonna be a lot easier than the Laguna De Los
Tres up there that Alpine lake with the huge spiers but this one might be even more impressive
I'm hoping because we're going to this other Lake that's gonna have glaciers just all around
it come along with us on another really beautiful hike today with the van friends so the last
tag we did to Vince Roy was over this area and today we should be checking out all those
glaciers what a place [Music]
[Music] wow this has been a gorgeous hike and we're almost to the end here oh my gosh
this is gonna be insane so here it is the big moment payoff oh icebergs [Music] what
do you think Emily yeah sick good second hike but if you swim apparently if you try to climb
an iceberg it's like to really sharp and it'll cut you so just don't do that
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wow well the payoff for this hike is definitely worth it I think it was only five miles and
about a thousand feet elevation gain and we had a nice mate up here introducing the friends
to the Argentinian mate they've been liking it although it isn't a quiet taste he's from
Denmark and she's from Washington State like I am we've fully experienced Shelton at this
point so we're gonna move on get on the road to calafate next where we'll introduce him
to that perito Moreno our favorite spots there perfect weather couldn't get better blue skies
you know just one Cloud right there right on the other side of this line of Peaks is
that huge Southern ice sheet of South America so you just see these glaciers just bleeding
down from the ice sheet there quite the landscape and this area all the hikes are free the other
one was pretty hard this one's not bad definitely one of the top areas of Argentina until 10
has been one of the few places I've wanted to say for even longer than we've been here
there's so many amazing hikes around here and just Outdoors activities in general it's
hard to say goodbye to this place but I'm looking forward to more spots in Patagonia
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[Music] wow so we're driving from Shelton to calapate I'm just getting so so frustrated
with this van right now when I turn on The Edge four different things it's warning me
about and we have this new rattle that's developed in the pulleys and the belts since that road
from Chopped in that dirt road there which was beautiful and when I stopped earlier when
the wind was hitting the van from the side there was something playing around underneath
so we've been thinking a lot about like what's our next fan going to be it just feels more
imminent more imminent the more this stuff happens we have another two hours to drive
and we're hoping that we're getting there in California running too many things about
this this holy noise that should be like an engine related thing which you know for the
engine they do have this engine down here for the Jeeps every Mile with this wind is
just a fight against this feeling of dreads so hopefully it turns out okay we're going
to wait a day here in El calafate to talk to our mechanic because he's closed for the
day but we're excited to go back to our favorite spot in this town and we're stoked to bring
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