{"id":9176,"date":"2019-11-14T17:57:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T17:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/?page_id=9176"},"modified":"2020-05-04T02:49:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T02:49:44","slug":"the-end-of-crossing-the-americas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/the-end-of-crossing-the-americas\/","title":{"rendered":"The End"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<p>I\u2019ll be posting here for the last few weeks that I\u2019m in Patagonia and Southern Chile. I will be randomly posting images as I find time and have internet access.<\/p>\n<p>Boats and daises in Puerto Natales, Chile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_5916.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The fishing fleet in the Puerto Natales harbor<\/p>\n<p>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_5922.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lone peak in the Patagonia region of southern Chile<\/p>\n<p>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_5990.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The infamous winds of Patagonia on Grey Lake.\u00a0 Torres del Paine National Park.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"814\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grey Lake, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cuernos del Paine and the road into the Park.\u00a0 Torres del Paine National Park.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Snow blowing off the Cuerno Principal<\/p>\n<p>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"777\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just another day at the office for this Huaso(cowboy).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6082.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"740\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lake Pehoe, Torres del Paine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cuerno Principal and Cuerno Este.<\/p>\n<p>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Detail of one of the walls.\u00a0 Yes, climbers are climbing these peaks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A view on the other side of the park of the Torres(towers).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6364.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6382.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"804\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The old bridge is still in place that Tracy and I both drove across at different times, many, many years ago.\u00a0 It\u2019s barely wide enough for a car.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"737\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A semi\u2013rare windless, gorgeous morning in Torres del Paine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6387.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"807\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Cuernos and Torres.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/P2090098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p>On my hike into the base of the towers I passed two hardcore climber girls hiking down.\u00a0 They each were packing haul bags almost bigger than each of them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/P2100199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"941\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p>Here are what the towers look like up close from the base.\u00a0 There are climbers on the middle tower.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an up close picture with a circle where the climbers tents are.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6425.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1933\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And a closer look.\u00a0 They are hanging in what\u2019s called a Portaledge, which is a hanging tent platform.\u00a0 On good weather days they climb.\u00a0 On bad weather days, they literally hang out.\u00a0 This day they were hanging out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"539\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The red dot in this picture shows where they are on the tower.\u00a0 Still a long way to go.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6421.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The hike in and out of the valley to get to the base of the Torres is pretty spectacular in itself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/P2100233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of Guanaco in the entire area around Torres del Paine National Park.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/P2100239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"458\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I visited an old abandoned sheep ranch called Estancia San Gregario.\u00a0 It sits right on the ocean with several ship wrecks right out front.\u00a0 A local told me this used to be one of the largest sheep ranches around, until the Government implemented a law allowing private land owners to only own so much land.\u00a0 The owners had to give up large parcels of their land.\u00a0 As a result the owners let the ranch go into disarray.\u00a0 There is an ongoing dispute with the Government, who want to make it a bonafide historical landmark, and the owners, who just want their land back.\u00a0 None the less, it was fascinating to see.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6718.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"810\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lots of sheep wool and parts still laying around.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/P2120340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And bundles upon bundles of unused wool.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/P2120397.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"895\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The skeletal remains of times gone by.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6646.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6612.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As Neil Young once said, rust never sleeps.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"808\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6524.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1933\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6567.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6669.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"2083\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6674.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6697.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1758\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I spent several more days in and around Torres del Paine National Park.\u00a0 I had a rare sunny, windless day for a long hike up the Francis Valley.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6733.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6736.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6753.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"872\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6778.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6784.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6801.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/P2130463.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"642\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6950.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"775\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6813.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"690\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6820.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"553\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6830.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"838\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6838.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6841.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6844.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6881.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_6916.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"544\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_7032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"833\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the edge of the park I came across a bunch of pink flamingos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_7065.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And several puma\u2019s.\u00a0 But this was the best I could do for a picture with the low light.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_7057.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"624\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A lone tree showing off which way the wind blows in Patagonia.\u00a0 ALL THE TIME!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_7099.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several early mornings found me chasing low, colorful light resulting in some abstract images.<\/p>\n<p>Punta Arenas, Chile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_7111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"767\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Torito, Chile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_7184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vulcan Osorno at first light, shrouded in lenticular.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_7120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"725\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few parting shots of Chile on my last day and night here.\u00a0 After four months on the road, I\u2019m headed back to winter in Alaska.\u00a0 Lake Llanquihue and Volcan Osorno.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_7195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One last sunset on Volcan Osorno<\/p>\n<p>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_7205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"688\" \/><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ll be posting here for the last few weeks that I\u2019m in Patagonia and Southern Chile. I will be randomly posting images as I find time and have internet access. Boats and daises in Puerto Natales, Chile. The fishing fleet in the Puerto Natales harbor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9176","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9176"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13003,"href":"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9176\/revisions\/13003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}