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Margaux Rhymes with Fargo

mostly entertaining stories about my life

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Calling in the trekking reinforcements

What do you do when the approach trail is super long and steep but the climbing routes at the end of the trail are awesome? Call in the rein-horse-ments, obviously. I'm sorry, I know it's terrible but I had to.... Continue Reading →

Freezing lakes and windy summits {Patagonia Round 3}

Patagonia has been on my radar since I started climbing (and thus watching climbing documentaries) in 2014. It's always been a bit of a mythical place, a sea of cloud-covered mountains and glistening lakes tucked at the southern end of... Continue Reading →

Rafting in the rain {Valdivia 2022}

You'd think three and a half days wouldn't be quite long enough for rafting a class IV river, exploring downtown Pucón, bathing in hot springs, visiting an island full of penguins, snacking on freshly-caught ceviche, celebrating a birthday, picking wild... Continue Reading →

If you don’t fall, you’re not skiing hard enough

Sending hard is fun and all, but who doesn't love a good wipeout? My body, that's who. I had a couple of big (and somewhat dumb) falls while I was in Lake Tahoe for the holidays (I'm now back in... Continue Reading →

Why Chileans don’t bring sandwiches to the crag {Patagonia Round 2}

As I shamelessly teased in my first Patagonia post, I loved it so much that I immediately went back. That wasn't the original plan, but between my partner finally being able to enter Chile and the couple of days we... Continue Reading →

What I wish I had done differently on the Patagonia W trek

I've done a ton of climbing and camping over the past several years, but believe it or not (or actually, just believe it, I'm not lying) my trip to Torres del Paine to do the W trek was actually my... Continue Reading →

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