Tag Archives: Patagonia
notes on backcountry visa renewal
got back last night from walking to / from chile for visa renewal. some data: Location: Sendero a Los Hitos, Parque Nacional Lago Puelo, Patagonia, Argentina Time: 2 days, 1 night Total distance covered=33.4 km Creeks / rivers crossed: 24 (Rio Azul crossed by boat, all others on foot) Passport stamps: 4 (2 entry / [...]
audio postcard: los colque fiesta vs. hungry belly dub
last night there was a fiesta for abuelo colque’s 68th birthday. layla heard the music and wanted to go over there. we walked out and the colque kids met us at the fence then invited us over. i took a little field recording as we were walking in. this morning i mixed it with king [...]
fall stoke in Patagonia
Yesterday we took the bus up to Encanto Blanco and just kept walking the road up into the lenga forests. These forests exist at the highest elevations in Patagonia, right up to treeline, and during this time of year they turn the entire mountainsides into this intense red color. Here’s one starting to turn red: [...]
notes on latest attempt at photography [neutrally stoked kids in patagonia] + hummingbird remix
1. Took this photo at the feria¹ yesterday. It felt like the first time I saw ppl interacting in a certain way which made me think “I can ‘capture’ this photographically.” I’ve always been embarrassed pointing a camera lens at ppl [or having one pointed at me.] But these kids, the way the two dudes [...]
stoked people in Patagonia
Yesterday I went up to La Confluencia with Los Jordan. On the way there we stopped at 9 hectares to help unload some wood. There were a bunch of paisanos there building a barn. They seemed stoked. I joked about them having plans for the structure, and one of them, Custodio, pulled a folded-up, scribbled [...]
things seen in El Bolsón, Patagonia early Sunday morning on way to drop off rental car and buy jelly, then walking home in the rain
1. new snow on Piltriquitrón ridgeline 2. kid [mid 20s, angry looking face--made me think 'did i leave the door locked'] walking up our street 3. a black horse (mare) with lead tied to fence along San Martin 4. Ford Falcon crashed into middle of plaza with front wheels hung up on brick curb 5. [...]
scene / conversation with woman who picked us up on the way to town
She gives us the Argentine sign [ arm / hand swung in the direction of the road ahead, then held up] for “do you want a ride?” She does this without smiling. Through the passenger side window we look at each other’s faces for a second. Then I nod. “Si.” Layla and I get in [...]
esta chacra no existe mas
[notes] 1. the charcra or pictured here has been farmed by the same family, Los Colque for 40 years. 2. the land was owned by someone who lived behind the chacra and was described to me as ‘un hombre humilde’ [a humble man], basically a gaucho, who let the Colques work it and make a [...]
victorias
On the way back home it’s getting dark and I’m walking by la casa de los colque. They were here before this place started becoming barrio. They’re the only family that still works the land, the chacras. The house is all unfinished block and concrete and shit just falling apart. Some of windows are taped [...]
Wintertime Stoke in Patagonia