day 328 – km 21525

campamento torre s del paine – rio serrano

55,48km 972 alti meter on bike 15km 400 alti meter hiking

some great views in the early morning hours from the lookout torres del paine.  if i ever had “hiking"-muscles” the are long gone! so i have sore legs&feet after this 2 very short hikes! back on the bike and passed the big waterfall i had some not so nice experience with the weekend traffic in the park. a pickup truck passed me way to fast without slowing down at all, just as i was in the middle of a short downhill and left me in a thick cloud of dust. ofcourse there was a huge pothole and i saw it to late to ride around it. i tried to jump over it to save the bikewheels, but there was not much i could do to prevent the trailer wheel from getting a good punch. the impact was so hard that the wheel just went out (and it took me a while to find it again) so i was sliding down the rest of the hill on the dropouts and on the rear paniers!? (the bags are pretty good ripped and the gas-can suffered a little as well) but i also met some very nice people along the way, offering water or cold drinks. thanx!