Permit Day: 12/12/09

I am working on getting our climbing permits today. Argentina’s government will only let us get 1,000 peso per day, which has turned this into a two-day process. We still also have the situation with no mule drivers. This is delaying our departure until Monday, December 14th. So, we will be wasting 2 days. We need the weather to cooperate in order to get things done as planned. Another interesting thing about Argentina is the “run for your life” method of crossing the street. We have found that no one watches out for people crossing the street so you have to sprint across the road.