...and we're off!

We're finally off. Some drama with plan tickets has us flying delta, but otherwise we are fully set.

Our primary objective -- modest by Patagonia standards -- is to climb Aguja Guillaumet via the Comeseña-Fonrouge route. We have lots of secondary objectives, but lets not get ahead of ourselves. One successful climb would make the trip.

Last check of the weather looks like there are some opportunities. I've included an annotated short term forecast below so y'all can see what we are looking at. Looks like a potential window right when we arrive, and another small window on christmas day.

And, here is a less-annotated long-range forecast. From what I hear, looking at the long range forecast  in Patagonia is not a particularly useful endeavor, but its fun to dream. In this case, however, the long-range forecast looks ridiculously good with no windows over 20 kts. For reference, we've been seeing 70 knt wind-forecasts regularly. If anything, it could be too warm leading up to new years.

Ok, we're off. Next update will be from El Chaltén. At the earliest we would probably update on Dec 22 or 23 after that first weather window, but we can't know for sure until we get there and get climbing. Blog silence just means we are off having fun and unable to trek back into town for an internet hookup.