Gear-bomb, Santiago train station
Ready to get on the train in Santiago.
Chad cleaning the pool at Ingrid's country house near Quillon.
The strenuous life in Quillon.
Matthias (Ingrid & Chad's baby) is installed in the floatie chari.
Taking a walk in the Quillon countryside.
"Central California 100 years ago" is the description we've heard for this area; that seems about right.
La Dona Sheryl y Don Juan
Sheryl required me to photograph all horses encountered.
Chad, Ingrid and the rest at Restaurante Don Ginito, near Quillon.
Ho hum, one more delicious lunch.
Mas vino tinto, por favor.
Restaurante/Vina Don Ginito, Quillon.
Matthias goes for a "walk" at the local cervezeria.
Brats on teetertotters, Quillon plaza.
Bus station, Puerto Varas. Sheryl is very exicited to be there as you can see.
Puerto Varas
Volcan Osorno from the waterfront in Puerto Varas. As usual, dogs at large.
Iglesia Sagrado Corazon de Jesus (Catholica), Puerto Varas.
Iglesia Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Puerto Varas. Made out of sheet-metal!
Sheryl on the shore of Lago Todos Santos, near Petrohue.
Dangerous "bridge", on the Sendero Paso Desolation.
Fine weather and volcanic landscape, Paso Desolation.
This is what became of the freeze-dried mangoes that Krista sent us from Trader Joe's in Madison.
Don't fall in.
Ride 'em...cowgirl.
Lago Llanquihue from Refugio Teski.
Gear-bomb, Refugio Teski.
Heading up the pumic on Volcan Osorno.
On the snowfield, Volcan Osorno. It was a lot easier walking on the snow than it was on the pumice!
Up in the cloud deck, on Volcan Osorno's glacier.
Heading up the glacier, starting to get above the clouds.
Seracs, clouds, and Lago Llanquihue, on the Volcan Osorno.
Here's what we saw when the clouds parted...yikes!
On the summit snowfield, Volcan Osorno.
Summit view, Volcan Osorno.
Summit View, Volcan Osorno. Not sure of the name of that mountain but it sure looked like it'd be fun to climb it.
Lago Todos Santos and Volcan Osorno's south headwall. It was steep!
Sheryl on the summit.
The weather was better on the descent. Seracs on the standard route.
Sheryl descending through the seracs.
Lago Llanquihue showing us why it's on of Chile's major attractions.
Descent through the sercas.
Descent through the seracs. The color of the sky here was such deep blue that it was almost black.
Volcan Osorno's summit from about 2200m.
Sheryl's happy to be back on dry ground.
Summit of Volcan Osorno from the top of the ski lifts.
Volcan Osorno from the base area.
Some dork hanging around the CONAF hut trying to interpret the sign. It was easier to read the Espanol.
Iglesia in Puerto Montt. They had four masses a day!
Having a brew in downtown Puerto Montt.
Our hostal in Punta Arenas.
Not Wyoming...the pampas north or Punta Arenas.
Nearing Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine.
Near Puerto Natales.
Sedimentary mountains near Torres del Paine. The place looked very similar to the terrain near Banff in the Canadian Rockies.
Near Torres del Paine.
The Torres...we were still about 100km away!
Sheryl in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine.
Walking the trail toward Refugio Chileno.
Rio Ascencion, near Refugio Chileno.
Rio Ascencion
The Parque Nacional had better bridges!
Torres del Paine from Refugio Chileno
Lago Grey from the trail.
Ibis, Torres del Paine
Herd of guanacos, near Torres del Paine.
DeHavilland Twin Otter, our transport from Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams.
Punta Arenas and the Straits of Magellan from the air.
Dientes de Navarino from the air, approaching Puerto Williams.
Dientes de Navarino, approaching the trailhead.
Trailhead for the Circuito Dientes de Navarino. Haha, it wasn't raining at the moment!
Start of the Circuito. Hey, there's actually an improved surface here...how deceptive!
Beagle Channel--Darwin was here!
Beech trees, subject to heavy snow loading in the winter.
Beagle Channel from the summit of Cerro Bandera.
Dientes from near Cerro Bandera. Elevation 600m and we're already above treeline!
Glacial valley near our first camp.
Approaching Lago Salto--note the ice!
First camp at Lago Salto. We found the only dry spot in the valley.
Sheryl climbing "vertical mud" near Lago Salto.
Bad weather near Paso Australia.
Worse weather near Paso Australia.
Strange black-ice lake near Paso Australia.
Sheryl crossing rotten snow, Paso Australia.
Camp at Lago de los Dientes.
The southernmost Dale's Pale Ale in the world, 55.02 degrees south latitude. This had the effect of cheering us up quite a bit.
Lago de los Dientes.
Sunset, Lago de los Dientes.
Lago Escondido, third day of the trip. Rain again!
Soggy valley near Paso Ventarron.
Hiking toward Paso Ventarron. Yep more rain.
Paso Ventarron, 15 minutes of sunshine! Well, sort of.
Sheryl crossing snowmelt, Montes Lindenmayer and MORE rain in the background.
Montes Lindenmayer--the only solid, protectable rock we saw the whole trip.
Camp at Lago Martillo--hey, is that blue sky?
Montes Lindenmayer, fourth day of the trip.
More "vertical mud" on Day 4.
Ascending Paso Virginia, Day 4.
Above treeline on Paso Virginia. Here comes the rain!
Lago los Guanacos, below Paso Virginia in the mist.
Huge cornices at Paso Virginia.
Stepping over the debris at the bottom of Paso Virginia.
Lago los Guanacos.
Outlet stream of Lago los Guanacos pouring down through a snowfield.
Beaver damage below Lago los Guanacos.
Day 5...the Beagle Channel in sight! Hey we're almost done! Only a few km to go!
Only a few km to go...but this was the easy part.
Sheryl is really stoked to be hiking through more mud/deadfall/rain.
Hey we're almost there! Again! Hahaha!
Weird fungi on beech trees.
Sheryl is even more stoked to be hiking through mud/water/cowshit.
Back in Puerto Williams, horse grazing in town square.
Chocolate fix, Puerto Williams.
Puerto Williams International.
Santaurio Maria Auxiliadora, Punta Arenas.
Elaborate mausoleum, Punta Arenas.
Slavic graves in Punta Arenas.
Magellan's statue in Punta Arenas.
Magellan again...this is supposed to bring you good luck.
Straits of Magellan and a rainbow.
Vina del Mar...hey it's warm here!
Beachfront, Vina del Mar.
Valparaiso.
Valparaiso from La Sebastiana, one of Pablo Neruda's homes.
More of Valparaiso from the south end of the city.
Downtown Valparaiso.
Ascensor Concepcion, Valparaiso.
Graffiti in Valparaiso.
More Valparaiso.
Iglesia Luterana, Valparaiso.
