{"id":16883,"date":"2017-02-22T08:31:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=16883"},"modified":"2017-02-22T08:33:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:33:42","slug":"16883","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/22\/patagonia\/16883\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day in Silence Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 22, 2017<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16883 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/22\/patagonia\/16883\/attachment\/silence\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Silence Valley\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16884\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence-940x705.jpg 940w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence-620x465.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence-195x146.jpg 195w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16884'>\n\t\t\t\tSilence Valley\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/22\/patagonia\/16883\/attachment\/silence1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Silence Valley\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16885\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence1-940x705.jpg 940w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence1-620x465.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence1-195x146.jpg 195w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/silence1.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16885'>\n\t\t\t\tSilence Valley\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tye was able to check in yesterday, via email, from Refugio Torres Norte.<\/p>\n<p>The team hiked up to Japanese Camp for lunch and then worked their way back downhill to the refugio for the evening.\u00c2\u00a0 Weather was a little &#8216;spotty&#8217; for most of the day.\u00c2\u00a0 However, the good weather news is that they were able to enjoy a big rainstorm with a glass of wine in their hands &#8212; while sitting in the refugio!\u00c2\u00a0 Tye called it good guiding.\u00c2\u00a0 I called it dumb luck.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s better to be lucky than good.\u00c2\u00a0 Bottom line &#8211; a very good day and everyone stayed &#8216;relatively&#8217; dry.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the plan is to head over to the base of the French Valley to get ready for a big Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Rumor has it that Patrick&#8217;s daughter, Emily, is headed to Disney World yesterday!\u00c2\u00a0 Dad says hi.<\/p>\n<p>All is well on the Chilean side of Patagonia.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Ershler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 22, 2017 &nbsp; Tye was able to check in yesterday, via email, from Refugio Torres Norte. 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