by Sarah Gallo | Aug 18, 2014 | Israel
I was up with the sun after a short but deep sleep in the tent, despite virtually sleeping on the ground. We had a quick breakfast and went to our canyon hike at Ein Ovdat. The gorges of the canyon were a different, and welcomed, change of scenery from the desert that...
by Sarah Gallo | Mar 12, 2014 | Patagonia
Installment #3: Our grueling Patagonia trek through Parque Nacional Torres del Paine and up the French Valley, sea kayaking amongst icebergs in glacial waters, and ice climbing on Glacier Grey. Quite a fabulous (and exhausting) father-daughter trip...
by Sarah Gallo | Jan 10, 2014 | Patagonia
The next day we woke up bright and early to hike to the French Valley. Our bodies ached, but we were better prepared mentally to tackle Patagonia. We ate a big, hearty breakfast and stepped outside to another beautifully sunny day. I was thrilled because the path...
by Sarah Gallo | Jan 10, 2014 | Patagonia
We took a bus from El Calafate to Puerto Natales, where we would begin our real Patagonia adventure, aka Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. I really wanted to challenge myself and test my physical ability and so we took off to do the W-Trek to tour Torres del Paine...
by Sarah Gallo | Oct 10, 2013 | Ecuador
The next morning we didn’t have time to whitewater raft, so we decided to climb the world’s second highest active volcano, Cotopaxi, to the 5000 meter (16,000 feet) mark. We were warned that it would be windy at the volcano, but it definitely was not stressed enough....