Part 3 - The Walk - Day 4

I was becomming better at closing my sleeping bag properly, and the wind that was hitting my tent did not prevent me to sleep that night...

New day, new part of the "W", but I have plenty of time since I don't have to come back early to take the catamaran, unlike my fellows Austrians and Australians.

The last trail

So I took a 3and a half hour hike to the Glacier Grey, which was beautiful as every walk I took here, and kept reminding me that this place could be a climber good spot !

I had lunch at the first mirador, with a view and the lake, with the wind strongly hitting my coat. I was on an wind open rock upon the lake. While enjoying the view I met again Andre and Andrea, and after by Leah and Jasmine. But the australian girls didn't had time to rest here, and they did not go further neither, due to schedule requirements...

So I went to the Camp Grey alone. The second part was easier and less windy, and I arrived soon at the second mirador, a beach on the lake, near the glacier. There was some little ice-berg I almost could have touched, but judging the temperature of the lake, I decided not to go for it. Some say that you can take a boat (I didn't saw it) that get you on the glacier, and you can then enjoy a very real whiskey on the rock !

View from the beach

View from the mirador

I was still surprised that this "mirador" didn't look like one, and I asked some man if he knew another... It turned out that I was at the wrong place and I went to the real mirador, from where I had a real spot on the glacier. Then I went back to Paine Grande, trying to go faster than I did today. And I must confess that I actually played the bad tourist that roughly overtake a group of other people... But I think I did it kinder than what have been done to me !

Anyway I was at Paine Grande soon enough but badly tired (my joints were hurting even while walking). I started to be hungry again when I arrived at the camp, and that give me the sensation that you can actually make some sport with only one meal a day, but it would not work that way very long... I wrote that I would go the day after to a huge restaurant in Punta Arenas !

When I arrived at the camp, I stood at a table and saw Andre and Andrea who were waiting the catamaran. Andre took a picture but I didn't realized I did not had their e-mail, so I can't show you anything ! I also gave a farewell to Leah and Jasmin, who were also going at the end of the day...

This day was December 24^th, so I decided to give myself some gift, and I took a beer at the hostal's bar, plus half an hour of internet. There was a special meal at the restaurant for Christmas, but of course I didn't go, just promising myself to enjoy each and every meal I would have later !

I used my internet time to give some news and remind Rodrigo to meet me at Puerto Montt, 3 days later...