When Jen put the tour of Patagonia together, she made sure to ask if a porter was included to carry our extra stuff. On the two previous treks (Kilimanjaro and Everest) it was common to use porters. In South America, though, that's not the case. For Torres del Paine we could have carried everything (easy for someone using porters to say) but don't have the large backpacks necessary, so Jen set up a porter.
Or thought she did. Our guide shows up at 8 am in the morning to pick us up, sees our backpacks and two duffels and asks how we're planning on carrying the duffels. Oops!
Thankfully the first day we did a "day" hike up to the towers, and spent the night in a refugio, so there was an extra day to work things out.
Unfortunately, our "day" hike lasted about 9 hours. This wouldn't have been so bad, but we just got off of the boat from Antarctica and we've gotten soft over the last month. About 7 hours into it we were both ready to be done.
If every day is like this one, we're in trouble.
The towers, though, are spectacular:
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The towers look really incredible. I hope you guys are truly doing well. I love seeing all the things you are seeing and reading about the mishaps as well as the adventures. Can't wait to have you back home for some happy hour darts and chat over beers about your trip.
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