Ivon Chounaird- Patagonia founder

This is a video that I liked very much is too share it with you climbers, mountaineers , skiers, free spirit persons!

Yvon Chouinard, legendary climber, businessman and environmentalist, is the founder and owner of one of the world's most inspiring companies, Patagonia, Inc. In this talk before a sold-out audience at the University of California Santa Barbara, Mr. Chouinard talks about his personal history and how he created Patagonia and the philosophy that he runs the company by. He discusses how he has tried to minimize Patagonia's impact on the environment and gives several examples, including the fact that his company's famous fleeces are now made out of recycles soda bottles. He also talks about his " One Percent for the Planet" plan in which participating businesses contribute at least 1% of their net annual sales to groups on a list of researched and approved environmental organizations

Little video of the 6 days traverse

Amy showing the view of the mountains of Northern Patagonia...
Part of our 6 day trip across the Nahuel Huapi National Park

End of December , beggining of Jan 2007

Many trips were happening and lots of fun ...

Walter lead some rock climbing in the eolic holds of Valle Encantado...

Also at Frey hut...

Then, also Lucas, one of my friends-partner leaded another trip...

Then, with friends from Evergreen Colorado and I did a 6 day hut-to-hut trip, scrambling and hiking a lot, good naps in the summits with not even a cloud, no wind...

Here some pictures...

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