{"id":22656,"date":"2023-11-01T23:05:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T23:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prikanowski.nl\/wandelen\/?p=22656"},"modified":"2023-11-20T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:59:35","slug":"20231101-w-trek-day-2-britanico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prikanowski.nl\/wandelen\/index.php\/2023\/11\/01\/20231101-w-trek-day-2-britanico\/","title":{"rendered":"20231101 W-trek day 2 – Britanico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date: 20231101<\/p>\n

Time: 8:35 – 17:50<\/p>\n

Distance: 22,8 km<\/p>\n

Overnight stay: Franc\u00e9s Camping, Torres del Paine<\/p>\n

Walk<\/h4>\n

\"\"After breakfast I pack backpack and leave for Britanico. It is a bit of a puzzle how I have to start. They changed the paths. But I find my way.<\/p>\n

The good news is that I am not completely daft. I found my sun glasses, they were hiding in the upper compartment of Sven’s backpack. This is good because when I start walking I have the sun right in front of me.<\/p>\n

\"\"With the heavy backpack, walking sticks are definitely a good idea. Yesterday I had them with me, but didn’t need them. Today I do!<\/p>\n

After walking for some time I check my TwoNav to see where I am on the route. The answer is simple, I am not. I am off track, a few kilometers back the path split and I followed the sign Italiano, which is the next camp I will reach. I check the map on my TwoNav and I am quite sure this path, a new path?, will also bring me to my destination and I continue.<\/p>\n

\"\"I see again a lot of dead trees.<\/p>\n

When I cross a river, I take a break at the other side of the bridge. I already filled my bottle from a stream earlier on. Just before the bridge the other path, the one I planned, joined my path. I am on track again. It now also gets more crowded. The other path is shorter but less scenic and most hikers apparently take the short route.<\/p>\n

\"\"Campamento Italiano is only a short distance away and I have a break there as well. My shirt and the inside of my coat are soaking wet.
\nAt Italiano I leave my backpack and continue with only a water bottle and my walking sticks up to mirador Britanico.<\/p>\n

I follow the river that I crossed before and I pass a campsite where they warn you not to drink the water from near the campsite…<\/p>\n

\"\"It goes up and up and I have nice views on the mountains, the river and glacier Frances. It is a touch hike up. I would have never done this with the backpack.<\/p>\n

Finally I reach Britanico, a bunch of rocks protruding from the landscape and giving perfect 360\u00b0 views on the Frances valley and the mountains in all directions.<\/p>\n

The way down is slightly easier. I hear a thunder, it is snow breaking free up on the mountain. I can still see the snow cloud where it happened.<\/p>\n

\"\"I reach Italiano again, pick up my backpack and walk the rest to camp Frances where I booked a tent. It is a tent on poles and I have one whole tent by myself, which is nice. Yesterday I got an email that they upgraded me. No idea what that means, but I do have the tent closest to the reception and not one all the way down or up.<\/p>\n

One minor thing is the shower, after some warm water, it soon falls back to only cold water. So a cold shower it is.<\/p>\n

The restaurant is also not very much. First of all I have to walk about 1 kilometer down and if you didn’t pre-book a meal, like I did, you cannot sit in the restaurant. You can buy a beer and take it with you or drink it outside, like I did.<\/p>\n

So not much to do here, which means I will go to bed early. This is no problem because I am very tired after these two days.<\/p>\n

Weather<\/h4>\n

It was warm and sunny today. Fine walking weather, even a little too warm at times in the sun.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t

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