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01.09.2010
Patagonia Excess —
The helicopter appears through the driving rain like a red blur, landing among ancient trees bent double from the force of the downdraft. We scramble in and the pilot lifts off. Below is lush virgin forest and through low-lying cloud a vast minty-blue glacier and a dozen waterfalls. As far as the eye can see, trackless wilderness.
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