Nicolás Canter arrived in the ’90s in Copahue, Neuquén, to accompany his mother in the work of the summer season. Some time later he got his own job and during the winter he is the only civilian inhabitant of the municipality that is about 380 kilometers from the provincial capital. In recent days, after the snowfall that occurred in the area, Nicolás shared a series of images of the landscape. But first he had to leave his house. And that wasn’t easy. It is that when he opened the door, he found a wall of snow that blocked his exit. The situation was not new. He took a shovel and began to remove the snow from the upper left corner of the door. There he made a small hole that he crossed after climbing. “I came out like a worm,” he told the Rio Negro newspaper. From the outside, he cleared the way to his home. It was, according to his calculations, about four meters that covered his house. Once outside, he recorded the white paradise – as he called it – that surrounded him.
Photo: Nicolás Canter.
Photo: Nicolás Canter.
Photo: Nicolás Canter.
Canter has lived in Copahue for about five years. There he works during the summer season and then, during the winter, he stays in the care of the Hualcupen inn in one of the departments. Today he is accompanied by a few members of the Gendarmerie, in a detachment that is about 800 meters from his home.” I always say that I live in a paradise, I wait all year for this moment,” he says, in dialogue with the same media.
Photo: Nicolás Canter.
Photo: Nicolás Canter.
Once a week he goes down to Caviahue for provisions. He travels those kilometers by snowboarding and then climbs back, because Copahue is about 450 meters higher, with his backpack loaded with yerba, noodles, rice and other foods.
