My Cape Horn Dunking

A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog about my dawn visit to Cape Horn in February of this year. What a dramatic and memorable experience that was!

Cape Horn at dawn

What I didn’t mention in my previous post, was the event held later that morning to celebrate our adventure at the End of the World. Those who had never before been to Cape Horn, could take part in a ceremony claimed to make you an honorary ‘Fuegian’, or an inhabitant of Tierra del Fuego.

All those brave (or foolhardy) enough, could commemorate their achievement by being ‘baptised’ using sea water collected from the point (or close to the point, in our case) where the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern (Antarctic) Oceans meet.

Of course, Rich and I were well up for it! As were a couple of our friends.

Me, Bruce and Rich waiting our turn
(I just noticed Bruce seems to have needed some Dutch courage!)

Watch out, Bruce, here it comes…

A pretty typical reaction, to be fair

Glenda’s next up…

The guy doing the ‘baptising’ seems to be having way too much fun

Rich and I step up to the plate
(notice the bin full of Cape Horn ‘Holy’ Water)

That really is cold!

Not the sharpest tools in the shed, but no permanent harm done!

This post was inspired by the photo theme of  Event from Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.

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