Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A capsule at Ovo Patagonia Courtesy of Perspectiva Aérea The accommodations are transparent capsules hanging off a rock wall nearly 900 feet up. The access involves a mountain hike deep within Argentine Patagonia, followed by a via ferrata. The experience requires harnesses, helmets and a good dose of bravery.
“We want to make once-in-a-lifetime experiences in contact with heights and in contact with our most intimate experience of being out of our comfort zone,” says Ezequiel Ruete, the cofounder of Ovo Patagonia . “That’s actually our slogan: Get out of your comfort zone in comfort.” In fact, the project is squarely within Ruete’s comfort zone.
The Argentine adventurer has practiced the sport of high line—walking on cables stretched between mountain faces—for more than a decade, along with his cofounder, the architect Luis Aparicio. Along with the idea of introducing non-climbers to the joys of being suspended over a void, the adrenaline rush of facing a fear, and the mesmerizing pleasure of gazing at the condors and clouds drifting past Fitz Roy, the pair wanted the challenge of making a low-impact, artistic installation that would be easy to remove. They call their company Perspectiva Aérea—aerial perspective.
The bedroom level Courtesy of Perspectiva Aérea After more than three years of working with a specialized team of mountaineers, engineers and geomechanical technicians, they’re opening in.