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A little hike will take you to the top of Cerro Torre in Patagonia!

Seems like a 'little' hike .
What will it take 30-45 minutes???

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na, only 27 1/2 if you are in shape... lol
:-)

I'm going to down to Chile for a semester in Janurary as well. I don't think I'll be doing and BASE. You might also want to check the Foro de Salto Libre if you haven't already, some of those guys might have an idea.

 

Yes, I will be studying at la Catolica in Santiago. That would be awesome, I hope to do some jumping down there and I will be bringing my rig.

  I'll dig up Chile-Willy's #. He can fill you in on all there is to know about skydiving down there. I've spent a few winters in Santiago snow-boarding and skydiving. Very small population of jumpers down there. No BASE jumpers that I have met..... quite a few in Argentina. Talk to Niko at Vertigo... uh hum Apex . He lives in Buenos Aires, and has a few friends that I have jumped with. I believe they have a 300 ft bridge with an Australian type do or die landing area.
I have looked at multiple exit points in the winter up and around Portillo near the Argentinean border. Mostly accessible by helicopter. There is actually a helicopter that lives up at the Ski area. I have used it a handful of times. The problem with cliffs in South America is there lack of access and remoteness in location. Winter and weather conditions are highly unstable, and mountaineering/alpine skills are quite necessary.
Good luck and I'll pm you Willys contact info..... he's the man.....

Hi Abbie --

BASE or no BASE, you'll have a great time in Chile. It's a beautiful country...

I spent 10 days in Santiago last April performing in an airshow. Our days were fairly busy, so I didn't have much time to get out and explore. Generally speaking, urban jumping in Santiago is difficult because there are tons of wires everywhere and landing areas are scarce to non-existant. Exit-point access was easily attained, but it didn't matter because the best landing areas were super-dicey at best.

I saw several jumps sprinkled throughout the country-side, but I cannot give you any real beta because I did not have time to really check them out.

I spent a good amount of time with the "Boinas Azuelas" military jump team (super great guys) and also the civilian skydiving club that they are involved with. They did not know of any local BASE jumpers in the Santiago area.

There are a few BASE jumpers in Argentina, but unfortunately I do not have any contact info for them.

I'd say your best bet is to travel with your rig and a keen sense of adventure.

Give me a holler next time you're in Idaho -- I had a blast hanging out with you last time you were here.

Have fun!

Bryan

Andy Hediger who used to be in the Red Bull AcroTeams lives in Argentina and has a fly ranch around 100 km from buenos aires
aeroatelier-andy@coopvg.agora.com.ar
Hediger Andi
Aeroclube
5178 La Cumbre

I know Eric Fradet jumped near Esquel, Argentina. It is opposite of Chiloé Island, middle south of Chile. His email is ericfradet@yahoo.com[/email]

There are cliffs of about 100-130 meters in Talampaya National Park, La Rioja Province, Argentina. No clue about accesability though.

Finally, I remember a front page picture in Skydiving Magazine some years ago with a base skysurf of a cliff somewhere in shouthern Chile. You should contact Skydiving therefore.
From what I gather of rafting descriptions, the Bío Bío river vallley (near Concepción) has cliffs similar to Yosemity Valley

And yes, Chile is beautifull. Alas, the best parts are far away from Santiago. Eg. Torres del Paine National Park (oops, big wall climbing there...) and the Atacama desert. Spent 5 months there

Have a good trip,

Ronald Overdijkwww.liveskyproductions.nl

HI Bryan

I am from Italy (North)
we perhaps have a common friend, a Skydiver from Brescia.

I am departing for the Chile in two days, direction Santiago. If you have some I would like have informations about possibility there: drop-zone and possible exits.

Then I'll move toward South (Port Montt) or North (Atacama Desert).

Ciao
Thanks

Who have info I'll be thankful