The prospect of confronting unknown or uncontrollable components of nature, as well as the situations in which one experiences unexpected feelings that are inseparable from one’s connection to life. The personal need to put life to the test, the feeling of being in control of even the most unpredictable circumstances.

South America Extreme 2011 was conceived as an attempt:
an extreme challenge at the southernmost point of the world.

Setting off from the capital, Lima.
LIMA
12° 02’ 06” S 77° 01’ 07 W

Cycling for 1400kilometers reaching Lake Titicaca
TITICACA
15° 54’ S 69° 18 W

Canoeing for 200 kilometers and traversing the world’s highest navigable lake. Then cycling for another 650 kilometers and reaching the borders of the largest salt lake in the world, which covers 12,000 square kilometers:
SALAR DE UYUNI
20° 08’ 01.59”S 67° 29’ 20.88” W

cycling 100 km on a smooth, blinding and burning endless surface of salt. Cycling for another 950 km of Andean Road, to the edge of the world’s driest region:
ATACAMA DESERT
19° 56’ 56” S 69° 38’ 2” W

Unsupported bicycle journey across one of the most inhospitable and extreme desert in the world, mountains, volcanoes, battling torrid heat during the day and intense cold at night. He cycled further 1000 kilometers to reach:
CERRO ACONCAGUA
32° 39’ 18” S 70° 00’ 49” W

alpine style solo climbing of the highest peak in the southern hemisphere 6962 meters.
The end of the long journey approaches; It will take him after four months and 4500 kilometers of cycling, canoeing, and climbing, I arrive in:
SANTIAGO DEL CHILE
32° 26’ 16” S 70° 39’ 01” W