Thursday, January 1, 2009

Day FOUR...Torres del Paine

Day 4 was going to be tough so a good, hearty breakfast was in order..... in addition to Finn enjoying his noodles for breakfast, we also had to doctor up his blister which was getting worse...
hitch-hiking...
And, now, time for Owen to work on the blister at hand.... All in all, Finn gets 5 stars for never complaining about his blister at all....
Today we were heading from Los Cuernos, all the way over to Campamento Chileno, and then up to the Towers (Torres del Paine).... This was 8 hour day that was also through some steeper terrain that made for tired legs. The weather was constantly improving from our first day of heavy rain so we were all happy that the only thing we had to deal with was the wind.
Did I mention we didn´t have our luggage for this trip? I´m wearing all men´s clothes that are obviously too big for me. BUT - they kept me warm and dry so I can´t complain....
This is on the way to camp. Owen still had enough energy in him to climb to the top of this rock, it was really windy so it was hard for him to remain standing.
Tired legs and a blister will earn you a ride on Dad´s backpack.
If you look close enough, you can see the trail on the left side of the valley in the side of the hill, this was the trail that was taking us to a good resting area before we made the final push to camp.
One final push to camp from our rest area, and boy, everyones legs were really tired. In this photo, we have about 1 more hour before we get to our camp. The last hour, though, hard, was through a really beautiful forest.....
WE MADE IT!! After setting up camp.... we managed to gather enough energy to climb for another hour to view the Towers. Because of unpredictable weather in days past, (there were reports of people heading up to the Towers in the morning only to be greeted by a socked-in valley with no view) we took this beta and made the executive decision to push on, and see the Towers when we new we would have a wonderful view. I was exhausted..... but I´m so glad we did it.....
Awwwww..... what a great looking couple....
It was so cold up at the view point. We were actually snowed on a little..
YES!! The Mesdag´s all made it to the top!!
Finn was ´done´ at this point and earned another ride, this time he was IN the backpack...
Bed. yawn.... a VERY VERY long, and really fun day!!!

2 comments:

lankfactor said...

Dude, the towers are absolutely breathtaking.

JCS said...

Okay I was holding off with all my might but....I'm officially jealous!