{"id":5848,"date":"2015-01-19T04:14:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T03:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=5848"},"modified":"2020-12-19T14:16:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T13:16:21","slug":"picture-book-setting-end-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/01\/19\/bilderbuchkulisse-ende-der-welt\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture book setting at the end of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Buy food supplies and take care of organizational matters<\/li>\n<li>Hike along Lake Gray to a small island<\/li>\n<li>Climb the windy Mirador El Condor in wonderful evening light<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Cookies, a yoghurt and a banana serve as a simple breakfast. We drive to the bus station, where we find that the desired bus trip to El Calafate, Argentina for Mam and Dad&#039;s onward journey is already booked out. So they will now have to leave on Thursday evening. We quickly adjust the reservation at the hotel and buy food supplies.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Around noon we finally set off towards the national park. Today we drive directly from the south to the <b>Main entrance to the park<\/b>. The route is quite lengthy, but after a short while <b>two hours<\/b> we have that <b>Campground Peho\u00e9\u00a0<\/b>and you can move into our simple cabana. No water, no electricity, only three beds, but a fireplace, sleeping bags, blankets and M\u00e4tteli for the fourth person and last but not least <b>wonderfully located!\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1885772265  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5853\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_19_4.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_19_4\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_19_4.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_19_4.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>We\u2019re going to move on soon, for a good <b>one hour hike<\/b> along the <b>Lago Grays<\/b> out to make an island. As usual, blows in at exposed locations <b>violent wind<\/b> otherwise it is also today <b>pleasantly warm<\/b>. The cloud cover slowly thickens as we pass the viewpoint over the lake to the vast, far away <b>Glaciar Gray<\/b> to reach. Here drifts in in bright light blue <b>Iceberg of enormous dimensions<\/b>. Due to the steadily strong wind, the trees here grow crookedly into the sky.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=310320095  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5852\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_19_3.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_19_3\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_19_3.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_19_3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Unexpectedly, the clouds lifted increasingly on our way back. In this weather we should do something, after all, the restaurant does not open for dinner until 8 p.m.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=2117073086  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5851\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_19_2.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_19_2\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_19_2.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_19_2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>That&#039;s how we climb it <b>Mirador El Condor<\/b> right behind our campground. The steep path through the skeletal, burned trees is well worth the effort. I climb the last steep meters alone, to finally a unique one <b>360 degree panorama<\/b> to behold.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1467550868  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5850\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_19_1.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_19_1\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_19_1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_19_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\nIn the early evening sun, the pinnacles begin to turn lightly. Immediately after the descent we go to a beautifully located restaurant to eat while we witness one through the panoramic windows <b>fantastic sunset<\/b> will. I just have to go out in between to take some pictures! At 9:56 p.m. the sun finally sinks on the horizon and changes color to the rest of the clouds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>We light a fire in the stove, which is supposed to warm us during the cold Patagonian night. Then we slip into bed.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Buy food supplies and take care of organizational matters<\/li>\n<li>Hike along Lake Gray to a small island<\/li>\n<li>Climb the windy Mirador El Condor in wonderful evening light<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div>Cookies, a yoghurt and a banana serve as a simple breakfast. We drive to the bus station, where we find that the desired bus trip to El Calafate, Argentina for Mam and Dad&#039;s onward journey is already booked out. So they will now have to leave on Thursday evening. We quickly adjust the reservation at the hotel and buy food supplies.<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[820,1032,1109],"tags":[1034,1083,1103,1104,1106,1120,1121,1122,1125,1126,1135,1136,1138,1139],"class_list":["post-5848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-suedamerika","category-chile","category-patagonien","tag-chile","tag-mirador-el-condor","tag-patagonien","tag-patagonia","tag-region-de-magallanes-y-de-la-antartica-chilena","tag-puerto-natales","tag-campground-pehoe","tag-ultima-esperanza","tag-lago-pehoe","tag-torres-del-paine","tag-cerro-paine-grande","tag-cuernos-del-paine","tag-lago-grey","tag-glaciar-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}