W Trek day 3

Last night, we slept in Rooftop tents. Wow! Won't forget that experience in a hurry. Camp Francis is built on such a steep slope that they have used these tents on stilts to accommodate guests. Climbing in and out was a little challenging, especially in the middle of the night. However, the most memorable bit was waiting to sail off into the wild blue yonder as the next cyclonic gust of wind hit the timber & tin frame.
We started the day in pretty solid rain, but within an hour, it had lightened considerably and another hour pretty well saw the end of it. After the first few kms, Pat & Peter decided to head up to the French valley, despite the weather looking pretty grim at that point. The rest of us continued on! Leaving yesterday's Lake, we wound through hills past Lake Skottsberg & on to Paine Grande Refugio on Lago Pehoe. Throughout the relatively short walk (for most of us), we experienced a bit of everything, weather wise. At times, the wind was so strong we could not keep our footing. In fact, on the way in to Paine Grande, Peter was picked up by the wind and lifted a couple of metres sideways by Pat's estimate. 9km & 17km, 162 & 700mt.Read more