After a four or five hour drive north from the Pascua, we arrived in Cochrane earlier this evening, eager to re-greet our host families. The trip down the Rio Baker was a huge success – we were grateful for gorgeous weather (an apparent anomaly this time of year); ongoing interesting conversations about ecology, activism, GLOFs (Glacial Lake Outburst Floods), ownership of land and water, tourism, and conservation; new friendships forged through rapids and early morning wake-ups in the dark and the dew beside the river; and magnificent vistas of aquamarine waters and giant snow-capped granite peaks. The students will have many stories to share, and I hope to post pictures from our adventure soon. For now, all is well in Patagonia as we begin to prepare for our journey back to the northern hemisphere.
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