Day 618 – South America – Chile [Los Sauces to Angol]

30/12/21

38km

  From Los Sauces (Chile) to Angol (Chile)

South America

Solo running along Ruta 186, quiet and sunny

The long and heavy lumber trucks

That route I’m running along now, as I mentioned earlier, is a major traffic axe for all the logging activity around the region. The shoulder on that road is very narrow, so I’m learning to move quickly to the grassy verge when a truck comes in too close. The trunks sometimes still have branches attached to it… and it reduces the clearing space to nothing. I have had a few near misses!

Along Ruta 86 again, undulating through the valley

Though I am not bothered at all by the type of road and traffic I run on, it’s a different matter for James on bike. We agreed it would not be too safe or enjoyable for him to spend the morning on that road. So I loaded my backpack with bottles of water and headed out, solo for the first time since the South American crossing began! It went well. It’s good to know that I can still be self sufficient, even without my stroller. Carrying extra weight in my backpack does not seem to cause any issue. Good!

The helicopters hard at work

I finished the run through the town of Angol and observed as the firefighting helicopters hovered above, working hard to fight the nearby fires. I did not notice the sky was particularly hazy today, but read in the news that fires are still destroying vast amounts of forests, all the way from Los Angeles (where we are heading) to Puerto Montt (where we started the run over 15 days ago).

Enjoy the video of today’s run: https://www.relive.cc/view/vmqXXrzwMoq

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