ENROUTE TO TORRES DEL PAINE - At 5am, the sky was fully overcast, but on raging fire. The Torres were only partially visible (below) with a shroud of clouds anchored at their peaks. That may be either rain or snow, waiting for us. Again, this is just an intermediate hike, but the 60mph wind gusts is makes it more fun.
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| Torres del Paine National Park & UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve (1978). |
This park features one of the unique and iconic sights of the World’s End: the three “towers”. Glacial erosion is the main one responsible for the sculpturing pink granite peaks of the Paine massif in the last tens of thousands of years.
Reaching the Torres was seriously a magnificent experience. I’m talking about a naturally formed “ancient universal temple”, without exaggeration. While up there, and still engrossed, it began to snow and the freezing wind increased the perception of cold. Now, who cares about sleet at this point? It’s places like these that are disappearing from the Planet as you read. Being up here is an absolute privilege.
Great hike dude!!! Remember the next day blown up by the gust of wind toward the catamaran!!! Only in Patagonia!!
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