Post #1126250

2025-12-19 18:47 UTC

&quot;I don&#39;t know how to research this&quot; says my son about spending a week #climbing in #Chile when he returns from working in #antarctica in January. I bet the Fediverse has trusty, high quality suggestions for a solo male traveler with (a lot of) climbing experience visiting the Cochamó Valley. His friend suggested looking for Facebook groups. I, privately, suspect that he&#39;ll get higher quality information from the Fediverse so I&#39;m sending this out to the world.

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@das_g@chaos.social 2025-12-19 21:20

@blaise@hachyderm.io Is https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chile#Do of any use? (I'm neither a climber nor do I know Chile. But I feel like publicly collecting useful information might be more effective than everyone in the same situation having to ask around each time.)

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@jpoesen@social.jpoesen.com 2025-12-20 10:54

@blaise@hachyderm.io You could start at https://mountains.social and ping @bergmeister@mountains.social and/or @hikingdude@mastodon.social. I'm sure they'll be able to point your son in the right direction.

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@weferals@todon.eu 2025-12-20 13:16

@blaise@hachyderm.io I've been to Cochamó (hiked, but not climbed). There's a lovely place (La Junta) to stay, they even make Pizza up there. If he brings his tent and some days of food, he will be fine. Most people there are climbers, the cozy hut is a good place for topos and infos.

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@richard@epn.life 2025-12-20 13:29

@blaise@hachyderm.io when you say "climbing" do you mean rock climbing or maybe mountaineering? I suspect being the Cochamó Valley its maybe rock climbing. If it's a popular place he will no doubt find a suitable rock climbing partner when he gets there. Sorry can't be more help but its an area I've not visited.

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