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Cochamó season is upon us! A friendly reminder fo

Un aviso importante para todos que van a visitar a

An important reminder for anyone visiting Cohamó:

Dreaming of Cochamó... Soñando de Cochamó... 📸 @nnmeganmm
#cochamó #lajuntacochamo #conservation #escalada #climbing

Great news! Friends of Cochamó is now officially

Mira quién cree que TODO Cochamó debe permanecer

Great news from our partners at @puelopatagonia !

The recent meeting with SERNATUR in Río Puelo was

¡ALERTA! ¡EL VALLE COCHAMÓ TE NECESITA! Este vi

For the past week, @friendsofcochamo have been bus

Earth a flower a phlox on the steep slopes of ligh

My friend @mlprockmonkey was giving me the tour de $My friend @mlprockmonkey was giving me the tour de Cochamó, and insisted the first place we went was The Toboganes. “It’s basically a big granite waterslide”, he said. I loved granite, and I loved waterslides so I figured combining the two would be epic. That was until I hit the rooster tail. The rooster tail is formed by water hitting a sharp upward curve in the rock at a high rate of speed. Everyone knows that if you rooster tail when you’re supposed to french fry you’re gonna have a bad time. Luckily, only my friends were around to laugh at me as the grapefruit sized bruise starting forming on my butt-cheek. It doesn’t get much better than killing tabanos and drinking escudos at the toboganes on a rest day, but it was evident they were also dangerous. A few weeks later a call came through on the radio, and Daniel Seeliger informed us someone had just been injured there. We dropped everything and began sprinting, and as fate would have it we were first on the scene. I arrived to a man face down in the water, unconscious and bleeding, with his wife screaming at us while attempting to hold his head out of the water. A rescue ensued. Unfortunately, an official search and rescue team didn’t exist, and the task usually befalls local volunteers such as the staff of Refugio Cochamo, and any available climbers. I participated in two rescues during my time in Cochamó, with one requiring a large group effort (15-20 people) to complete an extraction of a patient with fractured vertebrae from one of the upper valleys. Rescue scenarios happen every year in Cochamó, and the ability of the local community to band together in times of need never ceases to amaze me! ... Thanks a lot @nick_rothenbush, for this chilling and sobering story. Cochamó is a beautiful place, but it can also be a dangerous one. It is not a National Park, and as such, there is no official search and rescue team. All rescues are carried out by volunteers, with limited training and experience, and most importantly, limited resources. ... And thank you Nick, for all of your wonderful photos and words this week. We really appreciate you sharing with us!$

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In 2009 the Rio Cochamó was slated to receive a s

I bought my first camera right before I ventured d

In the states, people often refer to Cochamó Vall

Strange things happen in Cochamó... Here, @nnmega

For those of you who haven't already seen the Envi

New article about @friendsofcochamo on @patagonia

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