Day 1 Lago Pehoe

70 Mi/ 112.4Km of Patagonia´s Torres del Paine

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March 18th 2009
The trek of our lives. ¨This is a landscape that has to be seen to be believed, and even then, confronted directly by the senses, it strains credulity... The land here is like a great book or a great symphony; it invites approaches toward comprehension on many levels, from all directions¨(Edward Abby, Author of ¨The Journey Home¨). Trekking the W is no sm ... 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