I have spent the last week of my journey in Portillo, Chile, amongst unique company. 5 photographers, myself included, have been shooting in friendly competition for the South American Photo Challenge. It has been an honour and a pleasure to shoot alongside the talented Steve Lloyd, Adam Clark, Gene Dwarkin, and Grant Gunderson, as well as their athlete partners. From ping-pong and reggaeton sessions with Herman Maier and the Austrian team to our clown servers at breakfast lunch and dinner, its an experience none of us will soon forget. Yesterday we received our first pure blue pow day, and I'm sure we all gathered some timeless images of what skiing here in Portillo can be like.

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Chad Sayers in Portillo, Chile 

It has been a great month, a unique and special premier experience for me in the Andes. I have seen a huge amount of terrain, met many great people, and of course made a lot of great turns. From the Valle Nevado, to Ski Arpa, to gong-show Cajon Grande, then on to Las Lenas, and finally here in Portillo, SA has not dissapointed. A special thanks to Mark Lasseter of southamericaski.com who played a huge part in making my time here killer. See you all back in Whistler.