Piedra Parada

We moved from the Andes to the Steppe which means more sun, dust and stable weather.
Piedra Parada (the names comes from the alone standing big rock "standing stone" at the entrance of the canyon) is a beautiful canyon surrounded by wilderness, that has to be accessed by 80km gravel road with a lot of dust 😁
On our climbing days we stayed on a big but very simple campground. Unfortunately Leki was not allowed in the canyon so we had to leave him in the van on the camping. Luckily there were many big shady trees and we could let the windows open. For half a day Leki was trapped in the van but the other half he spent running around and exploring the place with his friends 😉 Vini had been in Piedra Parada almost 20 years ago. Back then it was very different and even more remote. For crossing the river he had to call the gaucho with his boat, whos family still runs the campground today. There is also much more climbing now and of course many tourists that hadn't been there 20 years ago.
But it's still a good place to slow down, deconect and enjoy climbing and wilderness 🙂Read more