February 12, 2015

IMG Guide Chris Meder sent a nice wrap-up email and a few photos after the team’s farewell dinner last night.

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From: Chris Meder
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
To: Tye Chapman
Subject: “W” = Wild Wind Wine

Tye,

We’re just back from our farewell dinner in Puerto Natales at a place called Aldea. It’s a lock for best spot in town. Amazing meals all around – asado beef and lamb, curry seafood stew to name a few.

With a little help from our great local guide, Roberto, the boat down Lago Grey today worked out great despite the winds. A last swing by the Grey Glacier for a closeup view of the ice really capped off the trip in Torres Del Paine. It’s truly one of the world’s great chunks of earth.

We spent dinner tonight reliving the memories of the trek to wrap up a great adventure on IMG’s version of the “W”. I posed this question to the group: How do we sum this whole thing up? Their answer? The “W” equals Wild Wind Wine. Hard to argue with that.

-Chris

February 11, 2015

Well that’s a wrap for our second Patagonia trek of the season. The captain of the Grey II ran the boat across Lago Grey this afternoon despite some strong winds.  That sure beats the 4 hour backtrack down to Paine Grande for the catamaran across Lago Pehoe.

The boat ride put them across the lake in a couple hours where the van was waiting to take them back to Puerto Natales. Standard operating procedure when back in town – shower up, send a couple emails then hit the town for dinner.

Tomorrow it’s in the van and back to the Punta Arenas Airport for most of the crew.  Chris on the other hand will head back to the hotel in Punta to meet our third and final Patagonia Trek of the season. Yup, Chris gets to do it all over again – and he’s pretty excited about it!

Tye Chapman

February 10, 2015

Chris called in from Refugio Grey this afternoon with another good report.  It was a bit windy today, too windy for kayaking at least, so the team split up into two groups – one group went with Roberto up the trail above and along the Grey Glacier while the other group opted for a zodiac tour (boat ride) around some of the icebergs and up to the face of the glacier where it meets the water and then a shorter afternoon hike.

All that’s left for these guys is to get on the Grey II boat tomorrow after lunch, and then make their way back to Puerto Natales. There’s more wind in the forecast tomorrow so let’s cross our fingers the Grey II makes the journey across the lake to pick them up.

Tye Chapman