Just booked one way tickets to Buenos Aires on july 27!!!
so step one is done.
we hope to kick about sth america for 3ish months and then head north.
i didnt get the job i was waiting on here in melbs so time is on our side.
unfortunately $'s aren't, so while a van would be nice, realistically we will prob set up shop somewhere with a decent work/snow combination (around october), then move on once it starts getting warmer and we can focus more on the climbing.
thanks for all the tips above folks. everyone has given me a new window of procrastination. We are going through them trying to pull info off the net about the different places, but we will probably only end up making a last minute decision so we don't lock ourselves into anything.