the day after we camped in the glaciar park was on of the most demanding days of my life, which i would do a again in a second. broke camp around 7, hiked with our packs and gear to the basecamp, met up with our guides (who we hired in el chalten the day before), traded our packs for cramp_ons and ice picks, and started the trek to the glaciar. To get there, we had to cross the morraine (mountain of rocks left by a receding glaciar), zip line across the glacial stream, climb a huge mountain, and then descend it. then, finally, the ice! made it down to the glaciar around 3, strapped on our crampons (giant metal cleats) and trekked on the glaciar. the second you get on the ice the temperature just drops,
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