Few places on Earth have a reputation as forbidding as Cape Horn.
Over the centuries, the seas around this remote speck of land have claimed thousands of sailors’ lives (a topic also discussed in last week’s post, The Albatross At The End Of The World).
Unsurprisingly, although we were looking forward to our visit to this infamous location, we did so with a certain amount of apprehension. We weren’t concerned for our safety, just whether or not we were going to be able to hold on to our previous evening’s meal, if you know what I mean.
As it turned out, sea sickness was happily not an issue. To be honest, I think we were all too excited.
That said, conditions were pretty unsettled for the time of year. I took a mental note of the wind and sea conditions at the time, but failed to write them down (schoolboy error!).
Perhaps the video below will give you a better idea:
We approached the Horn from the ‘relative’ calm of the Atlantic Ocean. The plan was to sail around the southern tip of Islas Hornos into the Pacific, before turning around and heading back east towards the Falkland Islands.
As it turned out, the captain decided conditions were severe enough that he didn’t want to risk taking us out of the shelter of the lee side of the island. Apparently things get much rough very quickly on the Pacific, windward side.
Which means we didn’t get to actually ‘Round the Horn’, as they say.
Not that I really cared too much. After all, we did get within a couple of miles of Cape Horn, which is an experience I’ll always remember!
This post was inspired by this week’s photo challenges Landscape from Cheri of The Daily Post, and Forbidding from Paula of Lost in Translation.
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I smiled while watching these, though I wasn’t in a smiling mood. Thank you for this. Ocean even at its wildest does not convey forbidding to me (I am a child from the sea). The captures are mesmerising – all of them.
Forbidding or not, I’m glad you liked it anyway, Paula!
Thanks again Jaspa and I appreciate your involvement. Will be back xx
🙂
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Wow, you had great adventure. Also, the pictures are beautiful.
It really was a fabulous adventure!
così impressionante che alla signora le si sono rizzati i capelli sopra la testa! 🙂
We certainly had a good laugh about it!
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