Salto Grande of the Río Paine, with the Cuernos del Paine in the background
We emerged from the beech forest quite high above a lake.
(Left thumbnail: big image; small;
right: big image; small.)
And took another breather. Ingrid at the extreme left, then Olivier.
(Big image; small)
The sun was veiled by high clouds, but in the distance there were blue patches of sky.
And always the mountains!
(Big image; small)
As the day got cloudier, our walk along the lake afforded some spectacular views.
(Left thumbnail: big image; small;
right: big image; small.)
We were exhausted after so much walking—this day was the longest walking day
of the tour—but Charlie asked if we wanted to take a little detour to see
the Salto Grande of the Río Paine, and we all said to go for it. After all,
we were in the bus by now, and the only effect was to delay our return to our rooms
and our Pisco Sours by twenty minutes or so. The falls are the outflow from
Lago Nordenskjöld into Lago Pehoé—not high, but very impressive
nonetheless. The left shot (big image;
small) and the center (big image;
small) are looking upstream, while in the right
(big image; small),
we’re looking at the rapids downstream from the falls, and so are Russ and Len.
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