I woke up to a very wet tent in the morning either from condensation or the heavy rain and wind we had all night - the main thing though I didn't freeze. I had some breakfast of granola and a hot chocolate at 6am then went back to bed. At 9am a guy came around wanting money for the tent site so I started packing my things and boiled some water fresh for my thermos in my tent. I was ready by about 11am and luckily this gave my tent a bit of a chance to dry out. Ba...

Up at 6:45am both nervous and excited, I packed my things again and had trouble fitting everything in and it was even heavier then before. By 9am I was ready and left Glorias; I walked to the mirador and the hitchhiking spot which unfortunately had Roadworks going on. I put my thumb out anyway and about the 4th truck stopped - I had to chuck my big pack in the back ontop of his load which made me a little nervous but such is life. My driver was a Crazy Chilean gu...

Waking up in Gloria's house was a real treat; at about 6am my new friend the puppy was going crazy and biting, scratching and begging me to play with her. I did some final packing and then spent the morning hanging out with Glorias family. At 3pm I went to the Eratic Rock meeting - which last 1.5 hours and was very informative on everything Torres del Paine like. There was a really cool chick from Holland who took meeting and then helped me afterwards with a few ...

Today is the big day so I was up early to do a few last minute jobs and try and pack my bad again so that it was as secure as I could make it. At around 10:30am I thanked the guys stashed my spare backpack and said my goodbyes. I had made a sign with Puerto Natales (my next destination) on it and started walking towards the exit highway on the outskirts of town. My backpack is heavy but bearable and I walked about 3km with it a nice little warm-up and the boots f...

Once again a sleepless night with a lot on my mind but to be honest I am sure a lot of it is excitement as well as nerves. First thing I did today was test pack my new pack and it looks like I could probably of even got a bigger pack as not everything fits in so well. Next I did some research on food for 10 days of hiking and it looks like I am seriously under-estimating how much food I have packed and neglecting my main fuel sources. So it was back to the superm...