{"id":1474,"date":"2015-12-02T15:36:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T22:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dltwt.com\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2015-12-02T15:36:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T22:36:07","slug":"intense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/?p=1474","title":{"rendered":"Intense!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Our second day hike was shorter but one of the most difficult and intense hikes that Patagonia Camp offers.\u00a0 The Ferrier Viewpoint Trek is 2100 feet above the starting point.\u00a0 This very demanding, but “short” 4.8 mile\u00a0hike\u00a0was\u00a0a total of 4 intense hours.\u00a0Other than our hike in Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, which was scary and sort of dangerous, this was our most difficult hike we have done on the trip. \u00a0We were quite\u00a0happy that two doctors were hiking with us!\u00a0 Between primitive steps in the\u00a0steepest\u00a0and very narrow\u00a0parts\u00a0and switchbacks it was all uphill.\u00a0 We started with sunny, but windy weather.\u00a0 Soon sprinkles turned to rain halfway up the mountain.\u00a0 Rain turned to sleet & then to snow by the time we were100 feet below the peak.\u00a0 Once we reached the peak, the snow had stopped but the wind was howling and it was extremely difficult to stand upright.\u00a0\u00a0We had gloves on but our fingers almost felt\u00a0like they had frost bite.\u00a0 By the time we reached the top, we were totally layered up with winter clothes.\u00a0 Unfortunately, nearby mountains were obscured by clouds & fog but we were able to see views of the Paine Massif,\u00a0 and the glaciers Grey with giant blue icebergs floating\u00a0in the distance. We took pictures but no one was permitted near the edge for fear of them loosing their footing in these winds and making a quick, unfortunate descent off the cliffs.\u00a0 The return trip down was muddy, slippery and\u00a0steep\u00a0but the precipitation was over for the moment.\u00a0 By the time we got down from the mountain, we had stripped away all our winter garb and were hiking with tee shirts.\u00a0 After our picnic\u00a0lunch at the base (which included wine and hot soup), we took\u00a0the Grey Beach & Peninsula\u00a0Hike to get a closer look at these mighty icebergs that were in their final stages of life (they last about a week in Grey Lake).\u00a0 The icebergs had amazing blue\u00a0colors and breathtaking shapes.\u00a0 One of the icebergs looked like the Sydney Opera house and another looked like a small cruise ship!\u00a0 This was an easy, fairly flat\u00a0hike of about 5 miles.\u00a0 It was a perfect hike following the tough\u00a0Ferrier Trek this morning.<\/div>\n
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\"Ferrier<\/a>
Ferrier lookout (small rounded rock formation) 2100′ above us<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"On<\/a>
On the way up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Grey<\/a>
Grey Lake & blue icebergs – storm is coming in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Snow<\/a>
Snow trekker! 100′ below the summit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Don't<\/a>
Don’t get near the edge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Last<\/a>
Last quick camera stop – let’s get out of here!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lovely<\/a>
Lovely calm forest below the summit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Grey<\/a>
Grey lake is that – see the bluer lake in the distance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Where<\/a>
Where we started from – halfway down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bridge<\/a>
Bridge to Grey Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"These<\/a>
These are large than they appear (80% underwater)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Windy<\/a>
Windy lookout point above Grey Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Remind<\/a>
Remind you of the Sydney Opera House?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Scotch<\/a>
Scotch on the Rocks with glacier ice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Compare<\/a>
Compare the three people on Grey Beach with the icebergs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"On<\/a>
On the Grey Lake beach with icebergs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"An<\/a>
An iconic image (not us!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Clearing\"<\/a>
Clearing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Beautiful<\/a>
Beautiful spring day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our second day hike was shorter but one of the most difficult and intense hikes that Patagonia Camp offers.\u00a0 The Ferrier Viewpoint Trek is 2100 feet above the starting point.\u00a0 This very demanding, but “short” 4.8 mile\u00a0hike\u00a0was\u00a0a total of 4 intense hours.\u00a0Other than our hike in Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, which was scary and sort … Continue reading Intense!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6Si9J-intense","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1474"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1548,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions\/1548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}