Perito Moreno and the Peritonitis Fotografica Morenica

We left El Calafate this morning at an unsually comfortable 10 am, after cook group 2 (which includes Gregory - the curry night was an extra performance while on free-style catering schedule) did the shopping for tonight and tomorrow. Each cook group (4 people) have to do one dinner, breakfast and lunch the next day. After the great success in the Torres del Paine, Gregory has been nominated head chef and has decided to go for beef stew with polenta and risotto with pumpkin (ok, I have had some tiny influence on this, I admit). Needless to say that I am looking forward to dinner tonight!!!

Anyways, yesterday it was day trip to the Moreno masterpiece, a huge piece of creased ice 30 km long, 5 km wide and 60 meters high. We took a boat ride to go close to it from the lake and then continued on a mountain path on foot to view it from land. Every few minutes big chunks of ice detach from the ice body and fall down in the water with a very loud roaring, the ice falling disappears quickly with a wave but the sound is soooo dramatic!! it is almost like a gun shot and then a huge cracking, very very impressive.

It was another great day and I could not stop taking pictures. The thing is so incredibly immense that each time one moves a couple of meters, one feels like taking another picture, well I could not stop I must have taken over one hundred till Gregory demanded that I hand over the camera. Call it Peritonitis Fotografica Morenica... ? I have managed to delete a few off and am down to 40 or so, but this is still too much for just one spot. Will upload in a couple of days now.

Here´s a website with a couple of pics to give you an idea in the meantime
http://www.patagonia-argentina.com/e/andina/glaciares/perito.htm

Today we are in El Chalten, a small town 4 hours driving north of El Calafate. Tomorrow half of the group are going to do ice-trekking, Gregory and I have decided to opt out once again and go for a long straightforward hike instead, possibly 9 hours again. We are obviously very optimistic, aren´t we.

On the way to Perito Moreno

Perito Moreno