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Sunrise at Monte Fitz Roy
part two of an amateur hiking guide in Patagonia With the help of a very popular brand’s old catalogue, I will try my best to explain this image: “Patagonia brings to mind romantic visions of glaciers tumbling into fjords, jagged windswept peaks, gauchos and condors.” Tim Patterson , a travel writer, commented on his experience, “It was so quiet, apart from the wind. Clouds boiled up from the ice-field and swirled like schools of herring around the peak of Mt. Fitzroy. One mi

Courtney Wisniewski
1 day ago7 min read


an amateur hiker's guide to Patagonia
specifically the W Trek in Torres Del Paine Funny enough, I originally made this account thinking that one day I would be a travel blogger. I’ve always enjoyed using my passions, writing and photography, paired with my inspiration to learn about cultures, to portray the places I’ve visited. I stopped traveling for a while and this account became more of a Carrie Bradshaw style dating column. (This is a formal apology to all my relatives who are subscribed). However, after my

Courtney Wisniewski
2 days ago15 min read


a Utah roadtrip
In divine timing, I started reading Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey just days before I left for Utah to see the state that is the literal existence of my favorite color. Funny enough, in the preface, before the pages even begin he writes a word of caution, “Do not jump in our automobile next June and rush out to the canyon country hoping to see some of that which I have attempted to evoke in these pages. In the first place, you can’t see anything from a car; you’ve got to ge

Courtney Wisniewski
May 228 min read


i am reminded that we are all living this life for the first time
I’m regularly reminded that we’re all living this life for the first time. I’m reminded in small ways, when someone blushes over a...

Courtney Wisniewski
Apr 101 min read


Sylvia Plath & the saga of being a teenage girl in her twenties
"I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a...

Courtney Wisniewski
Nov 20, 20244 min read


what no one tells you about your twenties
I would be foolish to forget how rare it all is

Courtney Wisniewski
Jul 9, 20244 min read


buenos aires: my favorite city in the world
Merienda, the art of sitting around a table with no time constraints or conversation limits.

Courtney Wisniewski
Jul 1, 20235 min read


unplanned trip through chile
When I look back at this trip I don't remember the sights we saw or count the times we were cat called but rather ...

Courtney Wisniewski
May 24, 20233 min read


the entire country of peru: the most unanticipated two weeks
The entire ride back the sky was bleeding reds and purples that I cant explain. Maybe the salt enhances the colors?

Courtney Wisniewski
May 22, 202222 min read


defining island time
We went swimming and spent hours basking in the glory of this mysterious place.

Courtney Wisniewski
May 8, 20229 min read


the most unique city yet
Somehow I went to sleep in Buenos Aires and I ended up in the most famed city in the world.

Courtney Wisniewski
May 1, 20225 min read


requesting a change in scenery
it’s hard to believe that places like this exist outside of my imagination.

Courtney Wisniewski
Apr 17, 20223 min read


always keep a bikini attached to your carabiner
Watching my friends fearlessly climb through the jungle without a care of any danger brings me so much joy.

Courtney Wisniewski
Apr 3, 20222 min read


trading city lights for starry nights
In this country I am continually reminded of how small I am and how amazing life is around us.

Courtney Wisniewski
Mar 20, 20228 min read


chasing unworldly sunsets
I am always reminded in little ways, and grand ways like overwhelming sunsets, of how small I am and how vast this universe is.

Courtney Wisniewski
Mar 5, 20224 min read
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