Kyle Berg

I woke up earlier than most of the others in camp and went down to the lake again to take a few more pictures of the mountain in a different light. We left for Campamento Los Perros at a relaxed pace, knowing the walk shouldn’t be too difficult and would be only around 4 hours. It was interesting how 4 hours seemed so much shorter than it did a week earlier.

An initial ascent got us sweating, but also gave some nice views over the camp and up to Glacier Dixon. I had planned to spend another day at the camp to visit this glacier, but it was currently prohibited to go there and there was no boat running at the time. The entire walk passed through quiet, peaceful forests and was mainly flat and easy going. We found a great spot in front of a waterfall and stopped for lunch before continuing. Just before reaching camp, we climbed a hill and were treated to a wonderful view overlooking Los Perros glacier and lake.

We set up camp and I chatted briefly with Bradford from Delaware and the 2 Dutch brothers he had met earlier. I then returned to the lake with my camera and tripod. I got some nice wide pics of the area and then set to try some self portraits in action. This proved extremely difficult and I again wished I had a friend with me to either be a model or take the pictures. While a group of Israelis watched me somewhat inquisitively, I tried to line up my tripod below, zooming in to the hill above where I would walk and hopefully the glacier would be in the background. I eventually found a place and set the camera to begin taking pictures at 3 second intervals, 3 minutes after I set the timer. It was a nice idea, but only 1 picture came out without me either being absent or having my head chopped off. I was going to stick around longer, but noticed I had gotten a large piece of dust inside the camera. This drove me crazy and I disgustedly packed it in and went back to camp for supper.