I was extremely fortunate on this trip as far a photography. Over 98% of the year when taking photos of the glaciers you will not get much color because the scene is white snow on white cloudy skies and white mountains. Basically you see a lot of white. The weather there is usually cold, cloudy, and rainy. My first few days I was in Patagonia I was welcomed with no clouds and perfect blue skies and the glaciers ice sparkled like a bottle of champagne. This was perfect for photos. The blue skies gave color to the photos and the sun shining on the glaciers directly made the cracks and crevasses glow with a deep blue and just made fantastic shooting conditions. One of the hiking guides told me that you only see clear days like this 15-20 days out of an entire year. This made me feel very lucky and I took full advantage of my days. Speaking of days they were about 17 hours long. It didn't get fully dark until around 10:30pm and the sun rose at 5:30am.

I have many memorable moments on this trip but the top would be the hike onto the Perito Moreno glacier. Going with a group of 10 people we wore crampons on our feet and started exploring the glaciers. The scariest yet coolest thing I encountered was a Moulin (A waterfall in the middle of the glaciers). Basically the ice on top of the glacier melts and creates rivers and then eventually these rivers find a weak spot and start eroding and hole in the middle of the glaciers and which goes deeper and deeper. Sometimes these holes go all the way to the bottom of the glacier and the water acts like a lubricant and helps the glacier move down the mountain. We found a big one and each step we took towards it was more freighting. Eventually we stopped and the guide said "Ok, I can not express how important safety is and how much you need to pay attention if you want to look down this hole. If you fall in this hole we can NOT get you out, PERIOD ! You will go over 100 feet down and never be seen again". Myself and one other guy are the only ones that elected to look down it. I just had to get photos. The two guides held me by my safety harness and basically made sure there was no way I could fall in. Although the thought sounds dangerous it really was not. We were well prepared and I felt safe doing this. Anyway, when standing on the edge looking down my words in this account could never express how amazing the noise was and how little it made me feel as a human. When looking down the hole you could see way down until it was pitch black. The bottom could not be seen at all. I took as many photos as I could in a 20 second period and then stepped back. I felt the entire trip was worth it at that moment and it was only the second day there. Later the group had lunch on the glacier and drank the water right out of the river of melted ice. This was by far the cleanest water that will ever go into my body. It was ice cold fresh glacier water and again a very special moment. To know that this water had been frozen for thousands of years and the last time it was in liquid format the dinosaurs may have been on this planet was a mind boggling thought. The entire trip to Patagonia and especially the glaciers is by far in the top 3 most amazing experiences of my life....