Kent A. Barry

Moreno Glacier

I was just on a tour of the Moreno Glacier.

I got some good pictures... The neat thing is that the Glacier has reach completely across the lake it melts into. When this happens half the lake cannot drain through the normal route, and ends up rising in volume. The last time this happened 1984 to 88 the Glacier cleared at once and flooded the town down river. This same town is currently in the middle of a construction boom due popularity of the glacier.

I thought it was ironic.

Kent

Torres del Paine II

I just got back from Torres del Paine.  It is a a national Chilean park near the South end of the continent known for the Torres del Paine among other things.

The park is well known with hikers from around the world and they all seemed to be there.  The park does not have any control over the number of people entering the park and most campsites and trails were crowded.  Besides this and the weather,  I still had fun.  I hiked most of the time with a guy from Oregon who´s friend wanted to get out of the bad weather.

And the weather was bad.  The first night the wind was almost blowing peoples tents away.  The second day it rained steady.  We hiked 3 hours of washed out trails to camp in a soggy campground, were it continued to rain.

But, it was all worthwhile, the fourth day I was in the park the weather was gorgeous.  This was the day the we had to hike the Torres, as I got some good pictures of it.  I will try to get my pictures uploaded in a week or two.

The day I left the park the wind was howling again.  It sounds like this weather pattern is normal down here.