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On the road again

After a long time caught in the misery of a white-bread existence I´m once again free, once again roaming and exploring the world. I´m writing this message sitting at different airports around the world, starting in Vienna, then Frankfurt and Washington D.C., where I´ll spend a few hours before heading south to Buenos Aires, my final destination. Airlines calculate their prices in a rather strange way. But as I´m not in a hurry… Although 5 months of vacation is a rather short time.

After a few days in Buenos Aires, enjoying the (night)life in a big city, I´ll go west to Mendoza, to start the mountaineering part of my trip. Acclimatisation and altitude training will take place in Cordon del Plata (as the last time, although this time I´ll skip the „Death-way of the gringos locos to the heights of Mordor“) where some nice summits are waiting for me.

Fully acclimatised, I´ll then head to Aconcagua Base camp and – In shah Allah – between 5 and 15 days later, I´ll stand on top of the Americas. After this epic battle between and the mountain I´ll spend some days of R&R in Mendoza, supporting needy winemakers, celebrating.

Next stop – Cordoba. Legendary city where the most important football match of all times took place in 1978. A holy place, a sacred stadium, an immortal legend. Beside its central role in modern austrian history it´s a nice place to visit, too. Having paid tribute to the heroes of 1978 ( Friedrich Koncilia, Robert Sara, Bruno Pezzey, Erich Obermayer, Heinrich Strasser, Josef Hickersberger, Eduard Krieger, Herbert Prohaska, Wilhelm Kreuz, Hans Krankl, Walter Schachner ) I´ll go back to Buenos Aires, leaving part of my equipment there and maybe drink one small glass of beer.

Then I´ll leave Argentina for some days, visiting Uruguay on my way to Iguazu. How I´ll proceed from there, I´ll see, nothing is fixed so far. The only thing which is sure is that I want to visit Salta in northern Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. The details will be decided on the spot.

You can follow the last 7 most recent days of my track on http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0TWTPGlDRsrFIGiPsH2qzhAFk0qhgX5uE – I know, an URL very easy to remember….