{"id":18882,"date":"2018-02-14T15:28:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T23:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=18882"},"modified":"2018-02-14T15:28:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T23:28:35","slug":"patagonia-trekkers-back-in-puerto-natales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/14\/patagonia\/patagonia-trekkers-back-in-puerto-natales\/","title":{"rendered":"Patagonia Trekkers Back In Puerto Natales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From: Dustin Balderach<br \/>\nTo: Tye Chapman<br \/>\nDate: Wed, Feb 14, 2018<br \/>\nSubject: Back in Puerto Natales<\/p>\n<p>Hey Tye,<\/p>\n<p>We couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have asked for a better last day in Torres del Paine National Park. The heavy rain and extreme winds we \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcendured\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 yesterday afternoon from the comfort of the Refugio Grey died down overnight, and we awoke to a rare \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcsplitter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 day here. As in not a cloud in the sky. The type of day you get once or twice a season in Patagonia. Perfect. Especially considering on the agenda for today was a boat ride on Lago Grey.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-18882 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9302.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18882]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9302-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9302-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9302-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9302-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9302-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18886'>\n\t\t\t\tEn route to Refugio Grey from Paine Grande. Grey Glacier behind. (Dustin Balderach)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9291.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18882]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9291-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9291-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9291-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9291-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9291-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18885'>\n\t\t\t\tMid kayak tour break. (Dustin Balderach)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Group-Shot-Dustin-Balderach.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18882]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Group-Shot-Dustin-Balderach-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Group-Shot-Dustin-Balderach-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Group-Shot-Dustin-Balderach-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Group-Shot-Dustin-Balderach-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Group-Shot-Dustin-Balderach-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18883'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup Shot with the park behind. (Dustin Balderach)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9510-2.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18882]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9510-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9510-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9510-2-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9510-2-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG-9510-2-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18887'>\n\t\t\t\tPerfect day in Patagonia. (Dustin Balderach)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Once aboard, we cruised up near the different faces (or branches) of Grey Glacier where it spits into Lago Grey. Truly an amazing sight. Then we went the length of the lake taking in perfect panoramas of the entire Paine massif. Views constantly change with new peaks popping up just as others faded. Huge granite peaks with hanging glaciers and branches of the Southern Patagonia Icefield pouring into lakes. The stiff pisco sours chilled by glacier ice didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Once ashore our private transport picked us up and we enjoyed more fantastic views on the drive back through the park. We could see everything! Lots of stops for photos added to the commute time but I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hear any complaints.<\/p>\n<p>We are stepping out the door to head to our \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfarewell to Chile\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 dinner. Tomorrow we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll head across the border into Argentina with our destination being El Calafate for a couple nights. The group is looking forward to Argentina and checking out the Fitz Roy area this weekend. Chile has been great to us, but here we come Argentina!<\/p>\n<p>Dustin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From: Dustin Balderach To: Tye Chapman Date: Wed, Feb 14, 2018 Subject: Back in Puerto Natales Hey Tye, We couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have asked for a better last day in Torres del Paine National Park. The heavy rain and extreme winds we \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcendured\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 yesterday afternoon from the comfort of the Refugio Grey died down overnight, and we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patagonia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18888,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18882\/revisions\/18888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}