This page collects the pictures from November 9 that are not in the first part.
Beautiful views along the trail. Notice how very high above the floodplain and the
lakes we are. Left thumbnail (big image,
small); right (big image,
small)
If I knew how to paste these together electronically, they’d make a nice
panorama. You can see them separately, though, as far left (big image,
small), left (big image,
small), right (big image,
small), and far right (big image,
small).
One of the toughest parts of this day’s hike was the long walk down a fairly steep slope. I wanted
Mark to take a picture while we were doing that part of the trip, but he was
concentrating so hard on not missing his step that he told me just to keep walking.
If I can get to it, I may
insert a picture that Olivier took of Mark and me picking our way along this tricky path.
You can see that I’m fond of getting dead trees in my pictures. I especially like
the right one. Left picture (big image,
small); right (big image,
small).
As the sun moved out of the north and down into the west, we got some backlit scenes. As
we walked, we
were also getting closer to the Cuernos del Paine themselves: they’re at the
extreme right. (Big image, small.)
Farther along, we got better and better views of the Horns. (Big image,
small.)
We got to a place where our bus was waiting for us with a buffet snack.
We were more than ready for this! Almost everybody in our group is pictured here,
but I think only Mark and Dennis are showing their faces. (Big image,
small.)
From the place where we had the snack, we went in the bus to the jumping-off
place to the Hostería Las Torres, our hotel. Along the way Charlie asked
our bus driver to stop the bus here, where we had a view of Lago Pehoé and
the Hostería Pehoé, which is the building on the island in the
right-hand picture. Left picture (big image,
small); right (big image,
small).
One more shot of the Horns, taken in the shadow of our bus, while we were waiting
for the special van to take us in to the Hostería Las Torres. Regular buses
are too wide to get over the very old and narrow bridge in to the Hostería,
so they have a few specially-manufactured vans for transport of the guests and their
luggage. (Big image,
small.)
When we got in to the Hostería, we had a shower, took in a quick Pisco Sour,
and had a nice meal, in preparation for the next day’s walk, the longest of
the tour, at about 16 miles. But not the hardest: that would be the day after.
Previous day’s pictures;
first half of this day’s pictures;
next day’s pictures
Mark’s pages for this day:
first part;
second part;
third part.
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