Región XII - día 2 in the park Torres del Paine

Sábado - Nov. 7

we began our adventure today. we got on the bus to the park at 7:30am after a hearty breakfast. paid our $4.000 peso entrance fee and then took a $2.500 transfer to our camp site. we set up camp with the help of the park ranger dude who pointed out that we had forgotten to stake 2 parts of our tent and helped us tighten everything up. we were on the trail by 12 with only one small backpack, well 45 liter backpack, full of food and jackets. in Torres del Paine you can witness all 4 seasons in 1 day. and that is the truth because we did for sure.

we trekked and were doing great until about 3:30 when we realized we were on the wrong side of the river and couldN'T cross! it totally looked like a legit trail, but it wasn't. so we backtracked and lost about an hour. onwards and upwards! we kept trekking until about 5pm ish and then i just had to ask Colleens....'why are we doing this?????' we could even see los torres which is what we were hiking to and to be honest i did not have ganas to see them really. here they are:

she told me she did either, so we ended up turning around because we still had a good 2+ hours to go AND we FORGOT FLASHLIGHTSSSSS! what a mistake. it kind of made us panic so we turned back. but i will say that here in the south the sun rises at 5:30am and sets at 9:30pm. so the days are really long and we really never had a use for a flashlight. but anyways. we were just WAY happier people when we turned around. and plus i took this picture from the bus and we saw them just fine from there :)

So we made it back, ripped off those painful shoes and then made dinner inside of the tent. our cocinilla was so fickle it couldn't be exposed to any wind, so the only way to cook was inside of the tent. we made soup and then had coffee and a piece of a Hershey's dark chocolate bar for dessert. coffee and chocolate can still solve the worlds problems :)

we went to bed at like 9:30pm when it was still light out haha! and then got up at 7:30 the next day.

region xii - dia 2 in TdP (81 photos), by Sarah Moredock

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