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==Season 2024/25==
* ''' 2025-FEB-12 to 2025-FEB-15 / 3.5 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR + OH (var. H)/ Martin '''
Inspired fellow Czechs in December, I combined GPT05 and GPT06 and took food for 6 days.
Day 1:
Started 3 pm from Los Queñes, hiked around 23 km. Camped a km or two after a puesto. When it was getting dark, a group of people on horses appeared. Around 15 of them including kids. I asked if it’s ok to camp there. The owner arrived a but later (he was with the group) and was friendly and sure I can camp. It felt good to have permission. Their trip would be 9 days, including crossing over to Argentina.
Day 2:
Still quite easy until the last puesto. Then it got harder. Eventually got down to Rio Negro which seemed pretty wild. Hopefully it would be better in the morning. I camped on the only patch of semi-flat ground clear of vegetation I could find.
Day 3:
Crossed Rio Negro in the morning. Much more tame compared to the previous evening. Then began one of the hardest parts. When going down towards Rio Colorado, at one point I reached dense vegetation. So I thought what if I go all the way down and go along the river. Well, there is a reason it goes how it goes - at the river bed soon I was blocked by a cliff. So I had to scramble up again and carry on.
Around Rio Colorado, the first 1 km was terrible. But then it was mostly quite a good trail. With some exceptions. The most difficult parts are the dry river beds you need to cross.
Then the ascend to the lake - the first 1 km was hard, just straight up, no trail. But then there is trail and it’s easy (but hard because of gravitation of course). I camped at the lake. I was worried about wind. There are no stones, but the ground is pretty solid to hole stakes. Also, the wind tends to die down in the evening.
Day 4:
I thought now it would be easy, but no such luck. Some parts were ok, others were harder - either plain full of rocks, or wide river beds. When I got to the puesto with right of way dispute (after km 83), I saw a guy and almost passed unnoticed, but then his dogs gave me away. He was friendly, but we didn’t share a common language. No issue.
Then a bit later, there are some huts. There were two flags - one Chilean and one “Trump”. I was glad I didn’t see anybody there.
Around 5 I got to option H to connect to GPT06. One hour later I got to the GPT06 Trailhead point. That part is a bit sketchy as you need to scramble up.
Overall I found it very challenging, so no complaints about the classification of 6/5 from me.
* ''' 2024-01-16 to 2024-01-20 / 3.5 days / Hiking /SOBO / RR & variant H / Elijah & Michael '''
