Author Archives: Jocelyne Sze

I’ve moved!

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Jocelyne Sze

Now sharing my thoughts on jocelynesze.wordpress.com instead.

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The last of the Greater Patagonian Trail update.

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Jocelyne Sze

So two months after we completed our expedition hiking down Patagonia, we finally submitted our expedition report to Imperial Exploration Board (just before the deadline heh). If anyone’s interested in doing long hikes in Patagonia (especially on the Chilean side), … Continue reading →

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Part 3: Puerto Ibañez to El Chaltén – Heading south in search of Mount Fitzroy

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Jocelyne Sze

The Final Leg This was the section that was tagged on at the last minute; we only decided to go past Puerto Ibañez and hike the section from Villa O’Higgins to El Chaltén when we were at Villa Cerro Castillo. … Continue reading →

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Part 2: El Bolsón to Puerto Ibañez – hitching down the Carretera Austral, Patagonia proper & experiencing English weather

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Jocelyne Sze

Hitch-hiking long distances We covered a lot of ground in this middle section, though mostly through hitching. We did very little actual hiking, though we did have one of our most exciting moments on trail. It was also in this section … Continue reading →

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Part 1: Coñaripe to El Bolsón – when we came close to starvation and started changing our plans

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Jocelyne Sze

The start of the expedition Anne, Hamish, Yousef, Omar, and I left Santiago de Chile for Coñaripe on 16 Nov 2016 on an overnight coach (just called a bus here) at 10pm (cost CLP10,000 each), and arrived the next morning. The … Continue reading →

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The end of our expedition

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Jocelyne Sze

We officially ended our expedition on the Greater Patagonian Trail on 6 January at El Chaltén, Argentina. The eventual itinerary we took differed vastly from our plans, we ended up travelling almost 2500km down the length of Chile/Argentina and hiking … Continue reading →

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A month on trail

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Jocelyne Sze

Quick update cos I don’t particularly enjoy mobile blogging, but we’ve left Santiago de Chile about a month ago now to start the Greater Patagonian Trail, and thought I should perhaps update a bit since I can.  We’re currently sitting … Continue reading →

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Rekindling natural curiosities

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Jocelyne Sze

Between my road trip from London to Spain, and me being here in Chile to start the Greater Patagonian Trail, I was with my parents in Italy. They were there for a church pilgrimage tour and conveniently enough I could travel … Continue reading →

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Sport-climbing in El Chorro

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Jocelyne Sze

Where I did my first proper multi-pitch and attempted to use a shewee (pee funnel for women) to hilarious results. The last blog-worthy bit of my road trip from London to Spain is sport-climbing in El Chorro, Malaga. El Chorro … Continue reading →

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Off to Coñaripe to start!

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Jocelyne Sze

Sooo, we’re all packed and the bus tickets to Coñaripe have been bought and we’re almost  ready to go 😀 Santiago is a pretty cool city, a mix of modernity and the less-modern. I’m out of words to describe emotions, … Continue reading →

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