Zip lining is all about riding the delicate balance between holding on and letting go. It feels unnatural, trusting a steel cable no thicker than the diameter of a quarter. But that’s what must be done. You must edge your feet to the side of the wooden platform, resist looking down, and let your weight sink into the gentle support of a cable you...
Michelle Schromm, a Missouri native turned Mendocinian, is one of the 3 expat women behind Fundación Servir, an organization dedicated to serving local communities in Mendoza’s wine regions. I sat down with Michelle to learn more about what how Fundación Servir began, where its headed, and what it’s really like to navigate an NGO in Argentina. Here is what she had to say: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________...
The van came to collect us at 9 AM. Tossing a bottle of sunscreen and a pair of shades into my purse, we ran out the door. For a short while the bus wove through Mendoza City, scooping up additional adventurers, and two hours later we arrived at the adventure activities base in Potrerillos. The base is located on the bluffs of the Mendoza...
Route 40 before 9 AM is a kind of morning meditation. The van follows the trail of sunlight as it begins to turn the sleeping mountains into vibrantly colored slopes. And though the trip is long, some two hours south west of Mendoza City, it merits open eyes and a camera at the ready. By midmorning we had arrived at Quebrada del Condor (Condor...
Juan Martín is two parts mountain guide, three parts businessman and every bit Mendocino. Hardly the gruff-and-scruff mountain guide of my imagination, Juan is the refined Argentine gaucho of the modern age. “I was born in the Uco Valley, in the open countryside. Born and raised between the horses and the cows, it was only natural that I spend my life outdoors.” As a...