Our plan originally was to relax and walk around the lake to view the glacier this morning but the residual morning rain (and clouds blocking the glacier view) meant we relaxed in the tent until nearly 9 am. It finally cleared some and we left camp at 1130 to hike up through the beautiful green (and muddy) forest.
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| The view looking back at Lago and Glacier Dickson |
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| The mirador of the Valle de Los Perros was breathtaking. |
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| We stopped by a quiet stream for lunch with only a slight sprinkle overhead. |
However, as we kept climbing (we gained 400 meters, 1300 feet today), the sprinkle turned to rain which turned in to a windy downpour. We knew we were close to just kept going which unfortunately meant for very wet feet (while my gaitors were dry in my bag... kicked myself for that one!). Thankfully, Los Perros had a pretty large enclosed cooking shelter with a fire and soon, all 25 or so trekkers had lined the rafters with wet clothes.
Our tent was soaked so we opted to rent a pre-set up tent in hopes that would also assist us in an early departure in the morning to get over the pass.
However, we later learned that the river past the next camp may be too full for those at Paso to leave so we had to wait until 9:30 in the morning to see if they left before we could head that direction. So that was somewhat futile but we did enjoy the bigger and dry tent space. We cooked and mingled with a Swiss guide whose client was a German woman on her first big trek. He was super prepared for any weather option (he is also sponsored by Adidas) so we figured she must be paying a lot of money to have him fly from Switzerland to lead her on this trek! But it offered me peace of mind we would be hiking over the pass with an expert! We fell asleep with crossed fingers that we wouldn't be stuck another night at soggy Los Perros!
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