this week and early next week, the cosmonaut and I are on vacation. The cosmonaut had a few days off after his stay in Telescope and more, October 12, the Day of Shaves, as the day the discovery of America called in Chile. And then, after complicated preparations, we went south. The preparations were complicated because, as usual, nothing was préraré the eve of departure, we did everything on Sunday morning and suddenly, I can still run the station at home to take my glasses and toothpaste. And my computer, because this time the Comsonaute decided we do not camp, but we rest in a luxury thing. The first part of our trip, so we stayed at MILodge near Termas de Chillan and it was really very comfortable. We ate very well, the owners were really nice and in addition, it was at the foot of all the little nice volcanoes. Because in our ski touring guidebook to Chile and Argentina Frederic Lena, it says: "Elijah was tired of the high peaks around Santiago and wanted to see some nice small volcanoes in the south. "I'm sure the quotes are not correct in French, and it is because I can not see the topo as the Cosmonaute carries with him a Bible and Topo is with him Telescope at the moment. But reading this sentence, I told myself: "That's where I want to go." summits around Chillán have only slightly higher than 3000 meters . No headaches because of altitude, not endless approach walks, no nights on the snow. It gave me courage so that I even decided to participate on the trip to there and 500 km to do, I drove 180, that was half (of time). And besides, I had to drive on the highway, which I hate! Despite the rain, I doubled as a Schumacherova.
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ant, it raining cats and dogs, which was well in agreement with the reputation of southern Chile. After a good sleep, watching the window, we saw no volcano, but it was evident that the rain changed to snow. The day was declared a rest day and we did that just screw around in the snow, we made a snowman and then spent five hours in warm water for Termas de Valle Hermoso. It was not bad, but I must say that the other spas we visited in Chile were much better. So if you are in the region, rather go in Termas de Chillan, even if the view is not so pretty 
. The next day we decided to climb the first small volcano, Chillan Nuevo (3186m). The snowfall was light and the day before without trace. We started our skis and we went there. I was afraid that I would win the title again Cacamolle, especially since I spent my nights thinking about avalanches. And the comment from the owner of the cottage "But you have Peles and ARVAs, right?" I was not reassured. But once on the climb, I saw that there was no risk of avalanches and more, I was not too difficult to mount. Finally, no more than usual. And then, Chillan Nuevo is a real volcano with smoke at the top and as I've never seen a real volcanic
n upwind, I reasoned. So we arrived to the summit where we had posed for a little picnic. The volcano has its little heated with gas, but it smelled pretty bad. Then we began the descent into the beautiful light snow. Without effort, we are stolen to the bottom where the reward, a bath in the spa, we waited 
t. The bathroom smelled as bad as the volcano, but in the end, nobody did not comment when we dove into the water while we were all dirty after a day's hike. It seems that H2S, a gas that is popular in Chillan. The next day, it was thought to an easy exit, 700 meters at the pass, descend 300 meters to a river of hot water, and go back. But since we knew we would rise by a ski resort, we tried to make a groomer to stop and get closer before descending to the river, make a small volcano. And as in my life, I have already stopped, apart from normal cars, train, bus, tractor and a Cinquecento who came to take us with our huge bags, I knew that stopping a groomer, it is possible. The trackers have risen to the latter lifts and we were off to the Chillán Viejo
. At the summit, there was no snow, it has the shoes off our skis and then rushed to the summit passing near the exhaust gas. The end of the climb was not really easy, because a small volcano, it is only a heap of stones ready to fall into the valley and it is not very pleasant to walk in ski boots . Once at the top, we saw it is very windy and we decided to get off as quickly as possible. The cosmonaut said that the other side of the volcano, there will be snow, but on arriving, we saw that it was not snow, it's ice. Non spikes, we decided to go down the scree. I began to understand that even small volcanoes can be very nasty kind. But after we finally arrived at the skis, we crossed the ice and we could ski to the river 
e. In some places there was smoke coming out of the snow and watching, we saw that the gas is of Old (Chillán Viejo Chillán is old). Finally, we reached the river and we decided to eat. For the first time in the mountain instead of dining to cover myself, I changed into my swimsuit! But there was a problem. The river was too hot. Even impossible to cross. In Jersey, on the edge, we decided to go down a bit because we thought there, may be water would be cooled. Bugger! This Old, it leaves out the Others 
u sulfurized boiling everywhere and because of that that I burned the thumb in a small pond where I thought the water should be cold because there was no power or apparent source. And experimenting, we realized that the water is about the right temperature where you see algae. It has plunged into the coldest water and we ate. They brought the ham which I intended to cook in water and comes with a fondue. 
Then the cosmonaut was too hot, it transpired more than the ascent, and me too, so we decided to get our clothes and leave. But just before putting all our gore-tex, we had the good idea to go higher, there, where the river came out of the snow. And then, like snow melting mingled with water from the river, in the end we found a place with good weather. But he left us much time, he had to go back to the pass. It was walking fast and made me the compliment Comsonaute typical: "If you wanted, you could redo the summit, it is only in your head that it does not look how you can walk fast." I do not tell him that I walk so fast because I have no desire to make the descent into the night. And suddenly, it came down in the light of day. Coming to the summit of Old, we looked at the top of Snowy (Nevado de Chillan, 3212m). The Cosmonaut's absolutely wanted to do the next day. Me, knowing it's a long hard climb, leaving the groomer I proposed knowing that we could never pass up the Nevado in place of the old mount. "No, this summit, he deserves." The cosmonaut said
. And then, the day after our climb Viejo, we went to win the Nevado. With the Pathfinder, we went to the casting of lava at an altitude of about 1500mètres, to where we built our little snowman on the day of arrival. The guy has almost melted, but the lava was still there. To Nevado, he had to cross. The cosmonaut was all happy and putting the skis on the bag, he said: "That's the real ski touring, starting with the skis on the bag." After 45 minutes of walking in the mountains of lava and into a creek when our skis on the bags kept on getting tangled in the bushes everywhere, he still admitted that it's crap 
. But ultimately, it will be released, it was skis and began the approach. The snow has been so far, but little by little, we arrived and we climbed the glacier. The wind took my hat Cosmonaut. The hat stopped much lower and have prevented the cosmonaut to go search. The first summit. About two o'clock in the afternoon, the summit was not far, it had to end up, fully erect. Our ski slipped a lot because our can seal were completely wet. Even with knives, with lots of snow on the skin, it slipped and the skis were very heavy. So we decided to go to the landslide on the side and walk. But the landslide was also in a very steep and there were only crossing on the other side able to see there, the slope is less steep. The crossing was horrible. Even if the cosmonaut took my skis, I stop to imagine one of us fall bottom. Finally, we got to go through, I cried for ten minutes and then decided it was too late to go top, albeit very close. In addition, we did not know how 
would descend. Fortunately, it was not difficult and the volcano has therefore been a little nice. We picked up the hat that was already taken by a condor who thought it must be delicious corpse. In the valley, lava and shrubs waiting for us. That's how I took advantage. But I do not care, small waterfalls, because if it is not life-threatening, it is quiet. Then finally, we saw the head of Pathfinder and we came back to MILodge where a hot bath in the Jacuzzi outside waiting for us 
. That it was well deserved. The next day we went. Cosmonaut's feet became all red and weird. If one was home, I can clearly see on the couch saying he could not walk. But then, other volcanoes further south we waited.
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