Hey there Supertopo!

Got back from Patagonia a few weeks ago, and decided once again to share the story with you guys.

In early November I went down to Southern Patagonia (again!), this time to mostly kite ski on the ice cap, and to climb and guide as well. The trip turned out to be pretty awesome, but the weather from December 8th to Feb 14th was pretty bad for climbing. I was there from November to March, like always, so I was able to get some fun adventures in. I was able to ski a lot, soloed a nice 10b on Guillamet, guided the North Tower of Paine three times (a link on last year's guided ascents- http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=985424&msg=985424#msg985424 ), and made it partway up the west face of Cerro Torre- alone.

I have put together a nice trip report for this adventure, here is the link to it on the Black Diamond website- http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en-us/journal/climb/athletes/bd-athlete-dave-turner-reports-on-huge-kite-skiing-and-climbing-trip-to-patagonia

Check it out, and I hope you guys enjoy it. Hopefully next year I will be taking a small group out onto the ice cap for a kite skiing seminar through the company I work for down in Chile- Erratic Rock http://www.erraticrock.com/

Big thanks to Black Diamond, Erratic Rock, Patagonia, Asolo, MSR/Thermarest, Five.Ten, Ozone kites, and Osprey for all the help on this trip!!

Enjoy!


-Dave Turner