TREKKING PART 2 Meditation of the day: “It is not the mountains we conquer but ourselves.” -Sir Edmund Hillary Started with this picture because it was hands-down the best view from a hike I’ve ever been on. The picture doesn’t begin to capture the feeling of being there. But I’ll get to all that. After […]
Trekking Part 1 The trek begins! After spending a night in a hostel so noisy I couldn’t fall asleep, I caught a very early bus into Torres Del Paine National Park to begin trekking. Because I was exhausted from being kept awake all night, I was planning to sleep on the bus, but the incredible mountain […]
After a few days in the Magellan region of Chile, we arrived in Puerto Natales, a small town in the southern part of Chilean Patagonia. This town is the closest civilization to a large national park where we’ll be trekking, even though it’s still 200km away from the park. We took a 3.5 hour bus […]
After over a day of travel, we finally reached the Strait of Magellan. Initial thoughts: it is quite cold here, even though it’s the middle of summer. It’s also incredibly windy, and I hear it’ll be even windier on our trek. The town is a lot less touristy than I would’ve thought, and it seems to […]
This topic was a request, and I’ll admit I’m uneasy. My gut (I’m writing this from the airport, and I’m quite nervous) tells me I’m not really prepared, so giving advice or sharing my preparation practices seems indulgent. I believe you can never be fully prepared because you don’t really know what to expect when […]