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TJ David

A Lesson from Patagonia.

A Lesson from Patagonia An on-going experience in Patience by TJ David Itโ€™s 7:45 am and Iโ€™m standing on a deserted street corner. A light rain falls through the misty air as I peer into the headlights of the on-coming traffic. I motion toward the cars with my thumb as their shadows pass me. The puddles are growing into small [โ€ฆ]

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TJ David | October 1, 2016
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Trip Report: A Week at the Legendary Frey Hut in Patagonia

With over a week of Van Life under our belts we were finally starting to get things dialed. Weโ€™d purchased all the fuel canisters from all of the ferreterias in Bariloche. Weโ€™d found access to free water in a local park in El Bolsรณn and learned that cooking outside was one of the best ways to cut down on the moisture inside the van. Even when itโ€™s raining. Weโ€™d also learned how to make the best use of our time, our mobility, our patience, and on top of all that weโ€™d even figured out how to ask the waitress in a cafรฉ if she had free wifi (tenรฉs weeeeefeeeee gratis acรก?). All of the important things were dialed.

TJ David | September 3, 2015
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Trip Report: 16 Days Chasing Patagonian Powder by Van, Part 2

My alarm sounds and I turn over quickly in my sleeping bag to silence its painful noise. Iโ€™ve already been awake, wiping the dripping moisture from our ceiling off my nose, forehand and face. Itโ€™s warm and raining outside. The inside of the van is like a small, white, igloo. Its cold and it takes everything I have to climb out of my ancient, green, hand-me-down, Argentinian sleeping bag, hop into the front seat of the van and turn on the engine. She rumbles briefly as I turn the key, [โ€ฆ]

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TJ David | August 31, 2015
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