South America- Leaving Chile

After seriously one of the coolest trips that included amazing shredding, good people and unlimited exploration, I decided to headed to Argentina to meet up with some of my best buds who were down in SA getting after everything. And by everything, I mean everything. Anyways, getting to Argentina from Chile on a beggars budget isn't necessarily the easiest thing in the world. Due to a small storm the pass from Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina was closed for 3 days. So I holed up in a bus station hotel in the middle of a shitty section of Santiago and waited for the storm to clear and plows to plow. The storm was so minor I sat in my hotel room flaming mad because a 3 foot Tahoe dump doesn't typically close roads. But then I headed up the pass for the first time and realized why the hell they close the road with only 2 inches of snow. It's gnarly! Crazy hairpin turns, guardrail-less road with deathly precipices and town crushing avalanches dot the entire pass. It starts at nearly sea level and heads up nearly 10,000 feet! Crazy cool drive.