Torres del Paine

Torres del Paine

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February 26th 2011
It was a little cloudy in the morning but it did clear up partially and by the time we were back at camp it was sunny. The hike itself was not hard, also with a steep climb near the end on scree before the lake. However, my right knee started to bother me going downhill, and for the last half of the return hike it was actually painful, due to all the pounding it isn’t accustomed to from the hi ... read more

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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