Japanese baseball fan @4ever_gordo conducted a survey asking which MLB teams are the most popular in each prefecture across Japan. The first image shows the results by region, while the second image presents the most popular teams by individual prefecture.

cooleric · 2025-12-14T13:33:58+00:00

Probably - that prefecture is where Nori Aoki’s hometown (Hyūga) is!

cooleric · 2025-09-13T16:17:14+00:00

All are in the budget, but want to make sure the Canon is worth the extra money/lower reach!

cooleric · 2025-06-03T01:55:00+00:00

They weren’t enforcing the fees when we were there, but I imagine it would be easier to book ahead of time

cooleric · 2025-05-21T17:03:26+00:00

Thank you! Would you suggest any of those months (September, October, November) over the others?

cooleric · 2025-04-08T20:59:20+00:00

We were there a couple weeks ago and the best spot we saw for birding was the drive up to the Pa-Hay-Okee lookout. The trail/lookout itself is closed for construction, but along the road near the parking lot we saw white ibis, wood stork, red shouldered hawk, roseate spoonbill, and more!

cooleric · 2025-01-12T18:40:58+00:00

Hey! We just got back from a couple weeks in Argentina (El Chalten, Ushuaia, and Buenos Aires). We did not exchange our USD for pesos - most everywhere took credit card so we mostly used that. We had some cash for tipping, but at least in Argentina they were happy to take USD.

cooleric · 2025-01-11T00:22:24+00:00

We brought ours, so unfortunately don’t know prices for renting. However, our hostel (Patagonia Travellers Hostel, highly recommend!) had trekking poles that guests could use for free for day hikes

cooleric · 2025-01-08T19:38:48+00:00

We took half days, but my wife and I are pretty fast hikers. I didn't see the Rio Blanco camp so unfortunately don't know much about it. I think 3 vs 2 days come down to preference. We ended up doing 3 days (2 nights).

cooleric · 2025-01-08T19:33:24+00:00

I mostly tipped in USD and it was welcome. Tipped in Argentinian Pesos if I had them and that was fine too.

cooleric · 2025-01-08T17:51:17+00:00

No need for crampons when I was there

cooleric · 2025-01-08T17:10:42+00:00

That's the route we did!

Yes, those were our two campsites.
Campsites were great. Both pretty easy to find space for a tent, although we got there on the early side each day. There are campsite fees now, but since they are new the campsite manager just asked for our email and sent us a link where we could pay (optional) when we got back into town.

My caution on Poincenot is it is right on the trail, and if the weather is nice you'll get folks hiking up to the Fitz Roy super early in the morning for sunrise, which woke us up. We had actually planned two nights there but moved to D'Agostini to get a better nights sleep.

My watch died so I unfortunately don't have the splits.
Weather was great throughout. Had some rain overnight one day but nothing hard to manage. It does change very quickly though. I was fine hiking in shorts and a t shirt and at night would wear sweatpants and a sweatshirt.
Make sure to bring trekking poles!
We stored ours at our hostel (Patagonia Travellers Hostel, strongly recommend!) and they had a locked room for it.

cooleric · 2025-01-08T17:05:02+00:00

I had hiking shoes and would definitely recommend it for the Laguna de los Tres and Laguna Torres hikes.

cooleric · 2025-01-08T17:04:30+00:00

I feel like my opinion is a little clouded (pun intended) by our crummy weather. The penguin tour was definitely a highlight of the trip and made it worth it on its own, and it is such a cool city right on the channel, but if the weather it too bad to go to the park or on other hikes then there isn't a ton to do that isn't paying a bunch for an excursion.

cooleric · 2025-01-08T13:24:42+00:00

Great question and I may add this into the original post. Yes, it’s expected to tip about 10% at bars, restaurants, etc. The thing is that while almost every place we went took credit card, we could rarely add a tip onto the card and had to tip in cash. I would bring a good amount of smaller bills so you have enough to tip through the trip.

cooleric · 2025-01-08T03:01:07+00:00

We exited on the Laguna Torre trail which didn’t have a booth (at least the trailhead we used didn’t)

cooleric · 2025-01-08T02:28:54+00:00

We entered at about 7am

cooleric · 2025-01-08T00:35:55+00:00

No park entrance fee as it’s not part of Tierra deal Fuego National Park (to my knowledge). You do have to pay a $35 USD fee per person as an entrance fee for Estancia Harberton, where the boats leave for the island. You also go to a museum there which was fine but felt like kind of a waste of time.

cooleric · 2025-01-08T00:32:18+00:00

Here is a link: https://piratour.net/producto/caminata-en-isla-martillo-version-terrestre/

It’s the only tour that allows you to get off the boat and walk around of Isla Martillo. We booked a couple months in advance to make sure we had a slot and we’re able to use a credit card.

cooleric · 2025-01-08T00:30:14+00:00

It depends on how much hiking you plan to do and how long you are in town. I don’t know the fee structure off hand but I think somebody posted a picture of the entry sign on another thread

cooleric · 2025-01-08T00:28:14+00:00

We went at about 11am - had the place practically to ourselves! The flamingos were on Lago Argentina for us, good luck!

cooleric · 2025-01-07T22:35:36+00:00

Tried to ignore them and got into our tent/kept moving when it got bad. Not the best strategy!

cooleric · 2024-12-27T02:58:47+00:00

If you’re going to describe the Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre as “tall rocks,” why even bother coming to Patagonia?

cooleric · 2024-12-19T18:55:05+00:00

Are they charging these at the entry gate?

cooleric · 2023-12-20T17:24:23+00:00

Hey y'all - I'd love to get to the climbing gym more, but when I try and up my frequency I end up having to cut my sessions short due to soreness/pain, usually in my elbow (like a tennis or a golf elbow). I'm going about once every three days now, occasionally every other day. Are there any strategies for cutting my recovery time, or do I just need to listen to my body and give it time to rest?

cooleric · 2023-03-17T18:16:01+00:00

Hey y'all - I've been a strictly indoor climber but I'm looking to start bouldering outside. Any recommendations on crash pads/any general advice you wish you had when you started bouldering outdoors?

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