After taking another sleeping pill I managed to get a good night of sleep and was up at 6am ready for the big day ahead. The plan was to walk about 25km today and make it to campsite Chileno (paid campsite) and if I had energy 3.5km more uphill to campsite Torres at the base of the towers. I had eaten breakfast and packed all my things and was on the trail by 8am; saying goodbye to my American friends: Berryl and her Father as I probably wont see them again. The...

This morning I was up at 6:45am and thankfully there were only little spits of rain so I ate breakfast and drank my hot chocolate, packed up and was on my way by 9:30am. Feeling much better body-wise today, the first part of the trek was a steep uphill cliff - which was testing but not as tough as it had been the day before. Loads more people today - as this is the popular part of trek - I probably crossed about 300 people both in big and Small tour groups. I a...

There was an absolute ton of rain lastnight and it was so heavy it was hitting the ground and bouncing back up under the tent. My tent was drenched inside and out and absolutely caked with mud. It was only 6am and i was already up packing my things and eating breakfast which has become my nice little routine on this hiking trip. It was cold and wet when I went for a pee that instead of going to toilet I just peed from my tent entrance - ahh well this is nature af...

A sleepless and cold night it was and I kept waking up so every time I did I ate more peanut butter. At 4:45am I got up and ate breakfast and had tent and stuff packed and ready to go by 6am. It was still dark so I had to use my headlamp to head straight through the woods and uphill - it was very muddy and steep to start. Within an hour I had reached the clearing and could make out the pass. I was the first one up here today as I could see there were no footprint...

This morning I woke up to no rain which was a pleasant surprise so i easily packed up my tent and had a late breakfast overlooking the lake and the hanging glacier. After taping up my blisters I left the campsite at 9:30am - feeling good. The first bit of the trek was uphill and exhausting - luckily I had some very scenic woodlands to pass through. At one mirador i got an exceptional view of hanging glacier and got some Spanish people to take a photo for me. Late...