When I woke up this morning, I wondered "Should I rest or should I go ?". I decided to go. Well, El Chaltén is a marvellous place : lousy expensive hostel, sure, but free entrance in the park ! Get involved, mate !
So, here we go : Laguna Torre. Softer trip than the Laguna de Los Tres one : 250m of denivelation for 12km. Steeper and a bit longer, well, go for it !
We've got some nice and imaginative architects here...
Chose your path, fellow.
Rock breaking dead wood rod on sand beach. Everything is possible...
Silver deaed trees again !
I truly and utterly love the light of those 2 last pictures.
To the people worrying about "is he going to get lost in the woods during his trekking", I answer : "No".
Hahaha smiling rod or snake-bite-killed rod ?
Well, I have to admit : the color of the lake is a biit disappointing after what I saw in Laguna de Los Tres, but I have to admit as well, the path was faaaaar easier.
Far far in the West, a Glacier awaits...
A guy throwing relentlessly rocks in water. Why not ?
Icebergs on the lake !
So... I decided to go there, to the Glacier, and, why not, walk on it. Waoh, a free trekking on the glacier ! Wouhouuu !! But how to go to it ? Did you see the rocks, 2 pictures ago ? The 45° inclined way ? Yeah, this way. So I went, jumping from 1m wide rocks to 50cm wide rocks. ... and roll, to be honest. Very funny, jumping while you feel the rock you have your foot on is starting moving, and while you hear the ones you had your feet on 2 seconds away start to roll down in the lake. Very stimulating...
At some point, I had to rest. These condors thought I was about to Rest... In Peace. These flying fuckers started to fly a few feets above my head. Hahahaha hungry suckers, go to hell ! I won't die. I mean, not now. I hope... :-/
Silly twat of me : I couldn't keep from letting my mark on this iceberg... Did you notice the difference between the first and the second picture ? Hahahaha, it took me 5 minutes to be able to throw these goddamn rocks on it. So tired from this jumping walk on the rocks.
At last. After 1h (yeah, 1 hour...) of walking, wondering "Should I stop now ? Will I have enough energy to come back ? Won't I break my neck or leg under a rolling rock ? Is it really worth it ?". Well, I had asked Cecile, who went already back to the hostel, to call the emergency if I was not back by 8pm but, anyway...
I continued !!
And I saw the Glacier :
Long path, eh ?
In order to get to the Glacier, I had to walk on an unusual and weird mix of rocks, gravels, and clogged earth. Looked like a crumble. And was as resistant. Very jeopardizing...
Yeah, if you were still wondering : this Glacier tour is not referenced at all among touristic things. I did this on my own and, yeah, sure, it was stupid. But soooo fun. And so beautiful ! Look !! :
When I saw what I saw on this last picture, I said to myself "Alright, mate, don't go any further. You need energy to come back, time's flying away, and the deeper you go, the more dangerous it is". So, yes, I turned back. Hell, this glacier seemed so cool, but take into account the fact that distances are heavily shrunk on pictures. What seemed to me a 10min walk was in fact a 1hr walk, and I think there was still something like 1h more to go to the Glacier.
Moreover, vertically speaking, this small Glacier was undoubtedly something like 100m high. I don't have any pictures of this, but like in the Perito Moreno Glacier, you had huge parts of ice falling down from time to time. And considering the time it took for them to fall in the water, the height of the Glacier was veeeery high. So I didn't take the risk to climb it and fall in a sort of crack, waiting for the Glacier to melt. I went back, and after 40 minutes this time, I made my way back to the normal path.
Yeah mate. T'was definitely time to come back home...
Very comfortable and user-friendly path. Rock and Roll !!
I especially loved this sunny atmosphrer bathing the way down to El Chaltén.
Always enough energy to take silly pictures, by all means.
A chilled small path to town... Aaaaah, so relaxed.
Nice town, eh ?
Seems that I've been luckier than a cow.
Tomorrow, I leave and head to Perito Moreno (the town, not the Glacier).
What should we remember about El Chaltén ? A nice expensive town, swept by wind, but offering maaaany cheap trekking and camping experiences. A place to remember !!
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