The next part of our Patagonia rock stars tour was going to be Los Glacieres National Park to see Fitzroy and Cerro Torre, weather permitting. However, we met some really nice people (a woman from Hong Kong called Toffy and a French Couple, Laurence and Phillipe) at Torres Del Paine who were planning to go the Puerto Merino glacier. We all decided that it would be a lot cheaper for the five of us to rent a car to get out there, then to take a tour bus, which was the only other option. Jono and I had always considered going to the glacier, even though we knew it would be super super touristy, just because it is meant to be amazing: about 70 meters high, 16km long and unlike most of its peers, it is
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