by Calculated Risk on 10/21/2025 03:46:00 PM
Here are a few photos from my trip to Patagonia:
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The first photo is at Cape Horn with a friend since high school.
The albatross is a memorial to all the sailors that lost their lives sailing around the Cape.
“I am the albatross that awaits you at the end of the world.
I am the forgotten souls of dead mariners who crossed Cape Horn from every sea on Earth.
But they did not die in the raging waves; today they fly on my wings toward eternity, in the last crevice of the Antarctic winds.”
by Sara Vial
The second photo is at Torres del Paine National Park.
This shows the granite towers and horns.
The “horns” are sedimentary rock (black) on top of granite (gray).
The park is known for ferocious wind gusts – and it did not disappoint!
The third photo is also at Torres del Paine National Park.
This is at Gray Glacier Lake.
This lake is known for the bright blue icebergs – and there was a large one close to shore when we arrived.
“Paine” means blue in the indigenous language, so the park is named after the towers and the amazing blue lakes.
The wind was gusting up to 85 knots when I took this photo. You had to lean into the winds at times.
A great trip!
