Pearson - 1996 1 JOURNAL 25 October- Just made the noon plane to Bariloche. The steppe and the mallines are not green. We flew over the bridge over the Rio Pichi Leufu and over the casco of Estancia El Condor but saw not a single sheep or cow. The notro and the lilacs in Bariloche are in full bloom, which is early for them. To bed early. 26 October- Scattered drizzle, not cold. Shopping at Todo and investigating planes and rental cars for Carol and CJ. The winter season was with little snow, some unusually warm spells. The mountains have less than the usual amount of snow, in spite of a snowfall that reached down into Bariloche only a week or so ago. The excitement here is all about five recent fatalities from Hanta Virus, all within the last few weeks. Four of them from El Bolson, one from Bariloche. One Buenos Aires family in El Bolson lost the grandmother, her 40-yr-old son, and the family maid. The Bariloche case was a 30-year-old male teacher who had not been to El Bolson but who had bought firewood from there. These were not humildes living in cardboard shacks. Everyone is avoiding El Bolson and its fruits and veggies and jams etc, and there is a frenzy of cleaning with Lavandina (Chlorox). The newspapers say "una fiebre de limpieza". The newspapers also show two baby South American Condors being raised at the Buenos Aires Zoo, for release in the wild. Someone, at last, seems to be concerned about the future of the condors. 27 October- Sunny and mild. Got the car started, with the last erg from the battery, then drove out to Gustavo Iglesia's house to deliver his computer. He was in Montreal at a conference, due home tonight. The Port of Bariloche looks abandoned. 28 October- Bariloche. Temp mild. Went to Parques office and saw Eduardo and Monica, applied for permit to trap Octodon. Then went to Ecotono where I saw Rapoport. Nadia Guthmnan is in El Bolson, presumably trapping mice for Delia Enria, the Hanta virus lady. Met a