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Friday Dec 5, 2014 #
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(rest day)
Start of the Torres del Paine trek. Got the early bus from Puerto Natales out to the park and got there about 10.30.
First stage was to do the walk to the main lookout for the Torres del Paine themselves. This is essentially an out-and-back of about 10km each way, climbing from about 100m to 900. The last 300 is a steep scramble finishing with a crossing of a scree slope - dropped the pack before doing that bit, which made it a lot easier.
There was cloud around and occasional showers (falling as sleet at the highest levels), but enough breaks in it to get a view of all three of the towers (though not all at the same time). They rise almost 2000m sheer from a glacial lake - the viewpoint was on the other side of the lake - which is as spectacular as it sounds. There was a reasonable amount of wind around, though not as fierce as some of the days here.
It's a long time since I've walked (most of) a day with a pack (especially when some steep hills are involved) - not that heavy as packs go (the availability of food at the refugios meant not having to carry as much of that as would be expected for a multi-day walk), though I still carried camping gear as an emergency back-up. Found out about a few muscles which have been under-employed (quads particularly).
First stage was to do the walk to the main lookout for the Torres del Paine themselves. This is essentially an out-and-back of about 10km each way, climbing from about 100m to 900. The last 300 is a steep scramble finishing with a crossing of a scree slope - dropped the pack before doing that bit, which made it a lot easier.
There was cloud around and occasional showers (falling as sleet at the highest levels), but enough breaks in it to get a view of all three of the towers (though not all at the same time). They rise almost 2000m sheer from a glacial lake - the viewpoint was on the other side of the lake - which is as spectacular as it sounds. There was a reasonable amount of wind around, though not as fierce as some of the days here.
It's a long time since I've walked (most of) a day with a pack (especially when some steep hills are involved) - not that heavy as packs go (the availability of food at the refugios meant not having to carry as much of that as would be expected for a multi-day walk), though I still carried camping gear as an emergency back-up. Found out about a few muscles which have been under-employed (quads particularly).