Patagonia Part II: Torres del Paine & Puerto Natales (CHI)


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February 25th 2011
Published: February 27th 2011
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Torres del Paine (TdP) is a mountain range in southern Chile, independent of the Andes. Trekkers have been known to experience four seasons in one day - ranging from snow, to rain, wind and strong sun (the ozone is particularly weak in southern Patagonia). In order to visit the park we stayed in Puerto Natales (115 km south of Torres del Paine) before getting a bus to the mountains. Getting Ther... Read Full Entry



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NeighboursNeighbours
Neighbours

Emma from Iowa and Alex from Siberia.
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Los Tres Torres

Weather was getting worse....
Gulp!Gulp!
Gulp!

This hiking is thirsty work.
Keeping it goingKeeping it going
Keeping it going

Despite rain beating down we tried to keep going!
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Torres del paine

On a better day!
Wrapping it upWrapping it up
Wrapping it up

Sarah wraps it up in Puerto Natales
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Longview

Sarah takes a last glimpse at TdP in the extreme background.
The road continues..The road continues..
The road continues..

Next up - El Calafate



27th February 2011

keep the stories/pics coming!!!
Wow...Torres del Paine looks absolutely beautiful!!! Thanks for the awesome stories / pics. I was in a similar camping situation with the ex-husband, where he decided we had experienced hiker status & proceeded to lead us into a valley for a lovely night of flash flooding. Definitely good life experience...but, I can completely sympathize with Sarah's "F*ck No" attitude after sleeping in a wet tent haha! Looks like you guys are having an amazing time!! I'm ridiculously jealous, but enjoy living vicariously through your Blogs :) Miss you guys!! --Julie

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