Jason Kwiatkowski, Heather Thamm, Karen Hilton and I departed on a trip to do some skiing and kiting on the South Patagonian Icecap. We got dropped off at the Rio Electrico bridge and began the approach. A couple days later we finally put on our skis. We based out of the hut at Paso Marconi, which was great. We had some great days kiting and skiing around, but didn't get on anything big. We had a fair amount of bad weather, but only were tentbound for 4 out of 18 days....which is pretty good by Patagonian standards.
Some various phots of our trip to the South Patagonian Icecap. 
Below is Karen kiting in front of Cirque of the Alters. Cerro Torre is in the cloud just behind 
Above is Heather, just cresting Paso Marconi at about 9pm. This day was a long push, and our first on the icecap.
On our way to Lautauro, Heather fell in a crevasse on Thanksgiving day.
At Paso Marconi is a hut, just inside Chile called Refugio E. Garcia Soto. It's an abandoned science research station where climbers and skier stay. The guides and locals seems to keep it up pretty well. It's a great place to spend the frequent storm days.
Argentine boot dryer.
Camp at Cirque of the Alters, Cerro Torre in the background
her kite.
Above is Heather, just cresting Paso Marconi at about 9pm. This day was a long push, and our first on the icecap.
On our way to Lautauro, Heather fell in a crevasse on Thanksgiving day.
Argentine boot dryer.
Ready to Lauch
Jason with a heavy load on the way out.
