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Quebrada del Condor – A Day in the Mountains
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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...

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The Nature of Adventure: Meet Mountain Guide Juan Martín
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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...

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