by Ben Comai, University of Vermont After our return from Puerto Eden, Team Huemel was feeling a little bit restless about getting to do some backpacking. Our experience in the fjords was incredible, but due to planning difficulties we weren’t…

By Naomi Fein, Pitzer College ~ October 14-21 After a week of intensive immersion in Puerto Edén, I began to feel the town really growing on me. Six days ago I knew this place as one of the most isolated…

by Cole Snyder, University of Vermont Team Huemul switched instructors with Team Guanaco. Although saying goodbye to parents Adam and Shalynn was hard, we were excited to get to know both Eli and Kyla. First we took an exciting three…

Written by Katrina Brace (University of Vermont) Video by: Will Green (Seattle University) From our basecamp in Cochrane we drove to the end of the Carretera Austral on October 5th. Three hours into our journey we boarded a ferry across…

Written by Kadin Woolever (Carleton College) Photos by Adam Spencer.   After a couple days in a Coyhaique hostel we squeezed all of our backpacks and gear into our trucks, Blanquita and Blue Steel, and drove south to Lago Paloma….