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==Season 2024/25==
* ''' 2024-DEC-23 to 2024-DEC-30 / 7.5 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR, OH option 5/ Tamar & Nimrod'''
1st day- heading from El Medano (after a rest day when finishing section 6). Started walking and after 10 minutes took a ride to X[11.3/1241]. There was a gate and a house, but we didn't see anybody, we passed through the hole in the fence to the right of the gate. Towards the pass got our feet wet in the grass. Saw 8 condors together flying very close to us - incredible!! Camped in camp [32.4/2030]
2nd- There were a lot of cows and arrieros on the way, our feet got very wet and muddy from walking in the grass. Ford at Rio Las yeguas at 3pm was ok. Camped in a place with a view to a big waterfall (-36.044667,-70.531381) with water 2 minute walk away from a small stream. We wanted to camp before but there were a lot of fences saying it's private property around the route.
3rd- in Carizales we hoped to buy fresh bread and cheese but it was Christmas eve, and no one at home in the the shop waypoint in the morning. Camped in waypoint water [56.8/1117].
4th- crossed Rio Guaiquevilo at 12pm. The current was pretty strong and got up to our waist (our height is 1.70 meter), but when walking together and up stream and to the side we made it. At Irma's puesto we bought coke, cheese and 3 pieces of bread (she didn't have more). She did have a lot of dogs ("they areonly dogs, not lions" in her words). They bark but are friendly after calming down. We slept next to the carabineros. They gave us juice, password to the wifi, and let us use their cold shower.
5th- climbed to Laguna del dial, took a dip in the water (highly recommended! The water is great) slept in the southern side of Laguna dial after descending (-70.99933,-36.45309). There was a group of chillian tourists that came fishing, and their guide gave us some remaining of fried fish and fries bread (which was awesome because it was Hanukka and us Jews love eating fried food in this holiday =))
6th- Climbed the pass, camped near the river (-36.319514, -071.064414).
7th- There were a lot of river crossing even in places where it wasn't marked ford. crossed Rio Gonzales in the morning- last ford before the bridge- The current wasn't strong but the water was deep up to our chests. Maybe if crossing a few meters near by it would have been less deep. Bridge [137.6/1041] - is currently broken but we crossed the river with no problem. There was a place with a lot of cherry trees and plum trees an hour walk from the broken bridge. After the bridge [143.1/909] the trail is an MR and there were some vehicles, so hitchhiking is possible. Camped in (-36.354990/ -71154314) no water.
8th- started walking towards Puente Ingles, and got a ride to San Fabian after half an hour.
The driver told us that there's a bus to San Fabian once a day at 10am. And from San Fabian to Puente Ingles at 2 pm.
San Fabian accommodation -
Cabañas Nativa San Fabian - looks like a really good place with pool, jacuzzy, kitchen, privet bath, garden, a path to near by river, coffee shop (the only one we found which serves real coffee) near by, for a price of 42,000 clp for a night for 2 people. We already booked a place with laundry on Airbnb so didn't get to stay there ourselfs.
* ''' 2024-DEC-13 > 17 / 5 jours / Randonnée / SOBO / lac coté ouest > frontiere argentine > RR > frontiere argentine / Pierre-Marie '''
