O TREK – DAY 4 and 5
DICKSON TO LOS PERROS — Into the Forest ASCENT: 534m DESCENT: 115m DISTANCE: 15km. HOURS: 3:50 It’s always a good feeling waking up to dry weather when you’re living out of a tent. I didn’t want to say it out loud — no need to tempt fate — but here we were on day four… […]
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, […]
TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK, CHILE
I felt it immediately coming over the rise above the Río Serrano Entrance. This was different. More beautiful than expected—dramatically so. After six months in the Andes, living among mountains, we’re not easily surprised by big landscapes anymore. But this… this landed somewhere deeper. I feel it in my chest, it actually took my breath away. […]
PUNTA ARENAS TO PUERTO NATALES – CHILE
February 21 – 1 March. The two-hour crossing into Punta Arenas passed quickly. We arrived with a simple plan: get what we needed and move on. Just a few items to prepare for the O. Two nights, a bit of shopping, then on to Puerto Natales. The duty-free zone in Punta Arenas is a strange and wonderful contradiction—vast, […]