We'd taken breakfast in our fabulously situated hotel against a stunning Mtn backdrop before cycling through a Chilean customs checkpoint on our way to the base of our 2nd challenge of the tour a 7km 10%+ climb on our way to the Argentinian border !
The morning had been bad enough in terms of road conditions but the climb was even worse. H wisely decided to rest his bum, painful arthritic wrist and vocal chords (strained by his mornings swearing !) as Julia, Pommie Kev and self battled away in the light drizzle !
Wind the clock forward an hour and a half and we finally sumited having bounced our way from rock to rock on the difficult off road climb.
A quick steep descent followed on dicey gravel where we checked in with Argentinian border police while grabbing a quick look at the nearby Che Guevara display (apparently he passed this way)
A ferry across a glacial lake and a short 3km cycle saw us reach our fabulous lake positioned hotel.
The big question for the evening is whether Henley will give the hot water swimming pool a go following his near death drowning in a Mt Gambier lake in 2017 !
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| Che passed this way ! |
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| What an outlook - Breakfast ! |
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| Another climb ! |
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| Sunset at Puerto Blest |
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