Torres Del Paine
Location Description
268 photos
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At the entrance gate to Torres Del Paine, a guanico...
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Our bus stopped so we could gawk at the views. All I...
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One thing was for certain: we were in a very beautiful...
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Tourists marveling at the scenery.
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Jay looks out on Cuernos del Paine, or "Horns of Paine"...
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Jay and John on our $26 20 minute boat ride. Welcome to...
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Torres Del Paine from the boat ride across Lago Pehoe.
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Campground for day 1. They put in boardwalks to help the...
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John setting out to Glacier Gray, not too far from the...
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Beautiful shot of ice encrusted mountains. Looks...
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Jay hiking along.
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Jay, as we walk past a little glacier-carved lake.
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Our first view of Lago Grey with a monstrous iceberg...
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Jay and John. I miss my beard.
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Jay and Lago Grey. This was one massive lake. We hiked...
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Jay hiking along on our first day in the park.
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Jay cresting a hill giving us a good view of Glaciar...
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Jay and Glaciar and Lago Grey.
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The hike was beautiful but you wouldn't believe the...
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The glacier is getting closer!
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Jay hiking along. The wind was strong enough to move...
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Zoomed in shot of the surface of the glacier. Looks like...
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Jay hiking through some wildflowers.
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Bridges across Patagonia: picture for Catherine.
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This is the sort of clouds that form when winds are 150+...
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Bridges across Patagonia. Lago Grey edition. For Catherine.
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Inviting beach. Too bad it's several hundred feet down...
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Self portrait.
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Very interesting geological formation that proves this...
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Cool shot of very high mountains between the clouds.
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Another self portrait.
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Glacially carved valley running parallel to the main watercourse.
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Beautiful colors of stone and ice.
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Yikes! Looks like fun climbing if you like pain.
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The common dandelion. Is there anywhere they don't grow?...
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Pretty meadow with looming mountains in the background.
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I never got tired of watching the clouds whip by these...
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Big icebergs that recently broke off Glaciar Grey.
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John at the end of the road.
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Jay looking at Glaciar Grey.
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What a huge iceberg! Hard to tell from the photo but...
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Surface of Glaciar Grey... zoomed in.
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The Great Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Or, El Campo de...
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John and Jay enjoying a break at the endpoint of our hike.
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Sunlight + ice = pretty colors.
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The way the cloud banks pile up actually remind me of...
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Looking back down valley, toward our campsite on the...
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Jay during the hike back.
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Ice covered mountains.
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Jay tiptoeing around a stream in the trail.
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It's hard to appreciate the scale of these glaciers. We...
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Jay with a classic Patagonia-scape.
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Jay hiking back to camp in the afternoon sunlight.
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All smiles...
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Jay, probably laughing at the wind.
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An attempt to do a candid Abbey Road shot.
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Toward evening some of the torres started to really...
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Zoomed out a bit, to give you an idea how massive these...
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Reminds me of those stock market mountain pictures Dad...
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As the sun sets we get some alpenglow on the mountains.
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With El Cuernos in the background. We will hike pretty...
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Amazing how the rock completely changes color and...
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Our tent in the very close foreground, to put the last...
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One parting shot. Wow, I thought it looked cold in the...
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Waking up early in the morning before Mr. Ranger Bear...
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Packing everything up. I have to say Jay and I did an...
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My pack, ready for the road.
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Jay hiking sans jacket. I was way too cold to go this...
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Jay hiking along Lago Nordenskjold.
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Bridges across Patagonia series for Catherine.
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Jay and I were really hoofing it; we had an ambitious...
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Hiking through the mist.
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At this point, it had actually started to snow. I'm not...
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Jay with snow on his head.
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Then it really started to snow hard!
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Jay was quite a trooper and didn't seem to be...
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And then it really, really started to snow.
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They say in Patagonia you'll see all four seasons in one...
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Jay hiking through the woods. The snow had a very...
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The snow sort of changes to rain.
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Jay with his snow cap on.
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Some fire bush (I think) with snow falling all around.
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Jay's head collecting snow.
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Jay collecting snow on his penguin color schemed backpack.
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This was taken as we were getting close to our camp. I...
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Bridges across Patagonia, for Catherine.
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Good thing there is a bridge across this river.
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Jay on the bridge across the river. It was actually a...
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Jay on the suspension bridge.
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Very secure looking stanchions at the end of the bridge.
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It was rather rickety. I think there was a sign saying...
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Finally, a sign that we have arrived at Campo Italiano....
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After some reconnoitering and deliberating about camp...
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After warming up in the tent for a few hours, we put on...
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A pretty waterfall as we hike northwest up the Valle Del Frances.
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Jay and I use timer mode to pose in front of the cascades.
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Second attempt... Jay was the one who pushed the shutter...
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We had to ford a couple of small streams. We were...
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Jay climbing higher up Valle Del Frances, with Lago...
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The fog clears a little bit allowing us to see the...
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Jay, stop messing up my self portrait. :)
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Very neat looking cascade coursing through deep cut...
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John and cascade.
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Cascading down the mountain.
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Getting our first views of some of the tall torres to...
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Closeup of the same.
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There's a fun off-width crack to climb. Yikes! You could...
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The clouds constantly moved around providing new views...
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Can you spot all the birds? Actually, neither can I. But...
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Jay with Lago Nordenskjold in the background.
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Crazy colors from the glacial fed lakes in the distance....
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Close up shot of the wild colors reflecting off the...
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Bridges across Patagonia series for Catherine.
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The glacier to the west comes into sharper focus as the...
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John and some glacier-covered mountains to the west.
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We had no idea this mountain was towering above us to...
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John and Jay doing another Abbey Road album cover pose.
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Jay going the other way.
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Close up of some epic-looking rock towers.
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From a distance. Hard to appreciate the scale of...
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Park of the larger range.
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With John in the picture.
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John sitting on a log.
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Balancing on a log.
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Jay.
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As we climbed higher, the vegetation grew more sparse...
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Looks like a storm could be moving in. We should hurry up.
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Very pretty stream.
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Jay hiking through a sub-alpine meadow.
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Jay with the Valle Del Frances behind him.
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Strange tree fungus.
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Eventually our trail was completely covered by snow,...
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Jay hiking up, up, up.
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Eventually we get onto dry rock again. I have no idea...
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Stopping at the "top" or as far as we planned to go for...
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Looking like a bearded Emperor Palpatine.
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A family of little clouds wanders into the valley.
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John in Patagonia.
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Me again.
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I guess Jay took a bunch of these.
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Springtime still seems a far way off up here.
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More self portraits.
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I guess I really liked these clouds.
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Jay packing up to head back down the hill.
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Close up of nearby glacier.
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Jay headed back down the hill.
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I really, really liked this tree, and this photo of it.
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Jay and this fantastic looking tree.
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Better shot of mystery fungus.
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Haunted forest.
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John in the haunted forest.
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I miss my beard.
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Jay hiking down Valle Del Frances.
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More creepy dead trees.
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Jay and a glacier.
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Waking up the next morning in our tent. I think it was a...
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The cold got us out of bed early, and it felt great to...
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John hiking with some Cuernos in the background.
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At least two seasons in one photograph.
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Jay ties his shoe.
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Fantastic scenery.
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Jay and Lago Nordenskjold.
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Still can't believe that color!
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We passed many, many hikers on this stretch of the trail.
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It's still pretty cold, despite the sunshine.
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I absolutely adore this lake and cannot possibly show...
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Today was set to be our longest mileage day. I can't...
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Close up of the weird pattern of wind buffeting on the...
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Looking like a mountain man that has been without a...
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What a crazy lake and weather!
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Jay had a bottle of sunscreen that had a top that would...
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Jay on the shore of Lago Nordenskjold.
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Funny how the rock beach had steps from perhaps seasonal...
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John on the shore of Lago Nordenskjold.
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Jay looking at some weather coming in from the West. We...
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Jay and the penguin backpack.
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Beautiful contrast between the green forest and the...
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After a long morning's hike, we arrived at Albergue Los...
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Jay taking a break at Albergue Los Cuernos. I think we...
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Los Cuernos (The Horns) with some fire bush in the...
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We found this sign on the ground. We weren't really sure...
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Jay inspects our trustworthy map. Less of a navigational...
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Bridges Across Patagonia series for Catherine.
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The aforementioned cabañas that rent out for $140 USD...
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Amazing how the rock abruptly changes color (and...
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Headed out from Albergue Los Cuernos for our afternoon...
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Scenery changes again.
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Another self portrait.
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A river rushes down a slickrock stream bed toward Lago...
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Taking a break.
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Jay surveys the road ahead from a small prominence on our path.
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This was mostly what this part of the trail was like:...
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This part of the hike did seem to go on for a long time,...
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Another fire bush.
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Where did this boulder come from? It was as big as a small house.
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Jay, walking through a boulder field.
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Very interesting looking seed pods on the fire bush....
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Hiking through some beautiful country.
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A man sits at the end of a windy path, writing in his...
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Spotting some horses from afar on a different trail....
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Jay packing up after a short snack/rest break.
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Taking a self portrait on the way across to the third...
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Jay and John hiking back uphill into the mountains on...
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First people we had seen in several hours. Basically at...
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Very steep ground below our trail.
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Looking up-canyon along the Rio Ascencio toward our...
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Jay and the Rio Ascencio.
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The trail here was held up by pink sandbags. It was...
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Jay walking along at a brisk pace.
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Gripping a rock over fear of tumbling down?
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We passed a pay campground that had a wind generator and...
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Bridges across Patagonia. This one led to Albergue...
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Tourists, horses, and horse poo. Glad we were under our...
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Pretty soon we were shrouded in thick stands of trees...
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So quite apparently we bombed up the trail without so...
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Our campground contained a ranger station that was in an...
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Happy to have a place to rest our heavy packs.
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The park ranger who lives in this station decorated a...
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So, we picked a campsite, dropped packs and immediately...
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The trail was brutally steep, with hand lines in many places.
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Our very first view of Los Torres as we crested the...
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Very first view of these towers. Hard to appreciate the...
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Close up shot.
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Tried to take a self portrait.
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Jay taking some photos of the towers. It was really...
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Self portrait with two of the three towers. Almost!
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Jay, the towers, and our very last chocolate bar. We ate...
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Jay and Los Torres del Paine.
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John and the three towers.
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Another shot, vertical.
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Some dutch tourists showed up and we managed to ask them...
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It was cold as there was no sunshine left on this side...
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One more shot of the towers as clouds roll in.
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Still having fun with self portraits.
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Back at camp: our tent is the yellow one in the...
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Making dinner. Mac and Cheese if I remember correctly....
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On our last morning in Torres del Paine, we woke up...
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Dandelions. They grow anywhere.
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Hiking back to Campo Chileno.
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Taking a break to use the convenient indoor plumbing,...
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We timed this well! This is the look up the valley...
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Bridge picture for Catherine.
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A cold, blustery morning in Patagonia.
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A cute sign showing our path down from our camp (near...
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A gray, drizzly day.
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Back on flat land, more or less.
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Bridge picture, for Catherine.
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Refugio Las Torres. Or maybe this was the hotel. No idea...
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Back to civilization. Taking a break the gift shop at...
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Bird flying over some scorched earth. Apparently, about...
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Our 5 mile walk back to the bus stop. Maybe we'll see...
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Apparently this entire national park was quite recently...
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Half way through our walk, we spotted an overland...
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Interesting landscape. No guanaco though.
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Catherine, he's a rather impressive bridge for you.
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And an even more impressive one.
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Suspension bridge in middle of nowhere Torres Del Paine...
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Jay on the bridge.
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In case you were wondering.
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Jay crosses the bridge.
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Ha! Catherine, what do you think of this sign?
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In context. Hope you don't miss it!
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Bad condition bridge and good condition bridge. I took...
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Finally! At the bus stop. But not our bus.
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Hanging out at the (thankfully covered) bus stop with...
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Bus ride on the way back to town.
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(Out the bus window) Finally, guanaco!
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Lots of them in fact!