O TREK: DAY 6 – 8
DAY 6: CAMP GREY TO PAINE GRANDE ASCENT: 398m DESCENT: 275m DISTANCE: 11.5 km TIME: 3h 10 March. After yesterday’s effort, we gave ourselves permission to sleep in—finally crawling out of the tent around 8am. Even that felt optimistic. Feet, calves, quads… everything complained. My feet especially, at least for the first five minutes, until […]
O – TREK, Day 3
DAY 3 – SERÓN to DICKSON 7 March, Tim’s Birthday Waking before dawn, we were excited for what lay ahead. A heavy frost clung to the tents, making it difficult to get out of bed. It was a cold start, and I was especially grateful for the loan of Wenke’s wonderfully warm sleeping bag — […]
THE O-TREK, DAY 1 and 2
WHAT IS THE O-TREK? The O Trek in Torres del Paine National Park is Patagonia’s full circuit—an 8-day loop that wraps completely around the Paine Massif, going far beyond the more popular W Trek. It takes you into the quieter, wilder side of the park, where the crowds thin, the wind picks up, and the landscape feels bigger, […]