11/12/12
We headed south toward the border with Chile, stopping for a very wet and windy first bush camp along the way. The Chile border was pretty simple, they just scanned our luggage looking for fresh produce and dairy. We headed to Torres del Paine National Park for 5 nights. Most of us had plans to hike the famous 'W' track. This track takes 3 nights/4 days and covers 70 odd km's. Myself, Terry, Lesley, Keith, Neil and Graham were camping the track so we carried all out camping gear and food with us. Everyone else decided to stay in dorms and have their food included. The track was beautiful and the views amazing as we saw glaciers, jagged peaks, rivers and waterfalls. The finale of the trek was seeing the granite Torres. It was a steep scramble up hill to see them. We left at 3.30am to get to the top for sunrise, and the torres were covered in a little cloud. Others got perfect views by heading up later in the day but whatever the view I think everyone was glad to finish the 'W' and still have toes attached!
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