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Expedition Day 5 // Barely 100m wide and 10m deep the narrowest neck of Canal Gajardo was like a doorway into a secret realm. Spat into a world of icebergs we paddled with the tide toward a rain soaked ice cap ahead.
@kokatatusa @wernerpaddles @rab.equipment @dhu_performance
Expedition day 5 // Entering the depths of the fjords felt like going into the belly of the beast. With every mile passed the fjords narrowed, tides rose and shores became cliffs. In brief breaks of relentless rain and hail we saw snow capped peaks rising ahead, excitedly we were heading into their midst and mist.
#patagonia @rab.equipment @dhu_performance @kokatatusa @wernerpaddles @powertraveller @hilleberg_the_tentmaker
Expedition day 5// Seno Skyring // Leaving the shelter of the narrow fjords in driving sleet, we turned east to round one of our more exposed headlands to reach the narrower Canal Gajardo. Even in the rain it was a spectacular sight.
#expedition #patagonia #skyring @kokatatusa @wernerpaddles @rab.equipment @dhu_performance @powertraveller @hilleberg_the_tentmaker #gopro #goprohero5 @gopro @goprouk #goprooftheday
Expedition day 4 // Glacier Galeria // Some of you may be wondering how we managed to secure such reliable weather forecasts during our expedition. To do this we devised a code which fitted into the 140 characters of our @garminuk inreach device. For a five day forecast it would begin with the date e.g ‘01’ then two letters pertaining to morning and evening weather x=snow, S=sun, C=cloud, R=rain, p=showers ... = 01SR...
Then four numbers giving the base and gust wind speed for morning (M), lunch (L) and evening (E). =... 01SRM0515L0615E0414/..(next day)... Our forecasts were delivered and devised by my father @paulcopestake who gave our updated five day forecast in response to our daily ‘safe at camp’ signals.
Without @iridiumcomm Satellite messaging this would have been impossible.
#expeditionskills
Expedition day 3 // Glacier Galeria, Estrecho De Ventisquero // As if by fate, our arrival at Glacier Galeria timed with the first real break in the weather. For just a few hours the rain and wind disappeared to reveal tremendous peaks and ice all around. These were the moments we sought so hard for and relished so much, the illusive magic of Patagonia.
#patagonia #expedition #vestibeautiful @hilleberg_the_tentmaker #seakayaking #seakayakinguk
Expedition Day 3 // Reaching the end of the Estrecho de Ventisquero we arrived at Glacier De La Galería just as the rain stopped. By fantastic fortune a four hour weather window broke in perfect timing to explore the ice and rest at camp, the only time it stopped raining for more than a few minutes for what would be our first 10 days.
It is clearly evident that since google earth images were taken late 2017 that this glacier has experienced spectacular and rapid calving, leaving the face visibly retreating and lake full of icebergs to explore.
#expedition #climatechange #planetearth #kayak
