dry feet

Crash bang wallop

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February 19th 2008
The wind and rain slammed against the hut all through the night and had continued into the morning. Day 2 looked fairly easy on the map. A stoll down back the way we had come the previoous day before branching off around lake Nordenskjold to take us to our hut under the cuernos (horns). No probs. We'd nailed it the day before, we were on form. The plan had been to have a sleep in, and have ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Torres del Paine

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more