Parque Nacional Los Glaciares - 2


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Published: March 6th 2011
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Prekvapivo sme sa zobudili do pekneho, skoro slnecneho dna. Dnes sme sa rozhodli vratit sa k ladovcu Piedras Blancas a jeho rovnomennej lagune, a ist k nemu co najblizsie. Na mape ktoru sme dostali bola nakreslena cesta, v skutocnosti sme sa cely cas skriabali cez popadane balvany a cestu si hladali sami. Vzdy sme si predstavovali ze ladovce su biele a trochu modre, ale tento bol cely modry, nasa namaha dostat sa k nemu stala za to. Dalsou zastavkou bola asi najznamejsia dominanta parku - Monte Fitz Roy. Je to vlastne vysoky kus skaly, co vyzera ako veza. Z vyhliadky na Fitz Roy sme sa museli vracat rovnakou cestou a tak sme si batohy schovali do krovia pri ceste, celkom nam to usetrilo namahu. Na to aby sme sa priblizili k Fitz Royu sme sa museli vyskriabat na strmy kopec, medzitym zacalo trocha snezit a ako odmenu za namahu sme videli skoro nic, len upatie a zvysok zkaly zahaleny hmlou. Nebolo to najlepsie, ale za tych 5 mesiacov co sme tu nam pocasie vychadzalo krasne a tak nas to ani velmi nemrzelo. Do kempu sme to stihli akurat, len sme rozlozili stan a zase zacalo prsat.


Suprisingly we woke up to a nice, almost sunny day. For today we decided to go back to glaciar Piedras Blancas and its laguna of the same name and to try to get as close as possible. There was a route on a map we got, but in reality we were just climbing over huge boulders, trying to find the best way. We always thougt that glaciares are white only, but in SA we saw they are blue too and this one was lovely blue as sky, our effort was definitely worth it. Our next stop was probably the most famous dominant of the park - Mount Fitz Roy. It is a tall bit of rock looking like tower. From the viewpoint to Fitz Roy we had to take same route, so we decided to leave our rucksacks hidden in bushes, which saves us a lot of energy. To get to look out we had to climb a steep hill, and it also started to snow. As a reward for our effort we could not see much, just bottom and rest covered by clouds. It wasnt best, but for that 5 months of being here we were lucky with weather so we didnt mind too much. We made it to our campsite in time, just pitch our tent and it started to rain again.


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