It took about two hours to get to Cordon de Plata and as we toured Mendoza picking up other peeps we really began to appreciate how well located our hostel was in comparison to our companions. We napped a bit and also enjoyed the views as we approached the Cordon de Plata...it felt great to get out of the city.
Refugio de Montana...looking up the mountain
Refugio de Montana...looking down the mountain - some great climbing for a race :)
Refugio de Montana (yes, it has a bar!)
We arrived at Refugio de Montana and were greeted by Rodrigo...a huge young Argentinian man with much Maschismo who would be our host and cook. He had told us within 5 minutes of meeting him that he was extremely strong in the mountains! Lunch was not included so we did a deal with Rodrigo and we´d share our food and wine with him if he was willing to cook the food - happily Rodrigo has skills and we ate and drank well :).
Hunter was keen for a workout after all of 2 days of just hanging out...
We took a short walk up the mountain after lunch and then napped that afternoon (Neal for about 4 hours!) and were joined in the dorm room by a fellow climber from Argentina called Fredrigo...we seemed to be a bit of a character...he had just walked down from our planned base camp at Salto de Agua at 4200m/14000ft and looked completely knackered (exhausted).
Dinner was great - we shared dinner with some very some other very interested guests that were there to do some guided day trekking...of course the guys there with their girl friends were jealous of our plans and we were jealous of them having their girl friends with them ;).
We both slept very well...it would be our last night of decent sleep for the 5 days... :( in the morning our adventure would finally begin :)
Cheers,
Neal & Hunter
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