Day 22 – Monday 29th October 2018 Tierra del Fuego National Park Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By public transport – 48 kms/ 30 miles By foot – 25 kms/ 15.4 miles Steps taken – 35,816 Last night we just happened to sleep through a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, which struck near Ushuaia. The quake…
Month: October 2018
Ushuaia
Day 21 – Sunday 28th October 2018 Ushuaia Distance travelled:- By plane – 563 kms/350 miles By public transport – 4 kms/2.5 miles By foot – 16 kms/ 9.84 miles Steps taken – 23,182 Maybe it’s the austral light, or just knowing that the next step south is Antarctica, whatever it is this trove of…
El Calafete
Day 20 – Saturday 27th October 2018 El Calafete Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By public transport – 269 kms/167 miles By foot – 11 kms/ 6.8 miles Steps taken – 14,093 Up at 6am to catch the 7.30am bus from Puerto Natales back to El Calafete. We had border control to look forward…
Chile, Chilly, Chilli
Day 19 – Friday 26th October 2018 Puerto Natales Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By public transport – 0 By foot – 13.7 kms/ 8.54 miles Steps taken – 20,040 Today we had a lie in…we were entitled to it…we had a busy 5 days of early rises and little sleep so it felt…
The W Circuit – Day 5
Day 18 – Thursday 25th October 2018 Day 5 – Campamento Chileno – Refugio Torres Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By foot – 25.4 kms/ 17.8 miles By public transport – 204 kms/ 127 miles Steps taken – 43,926 We were back up early at 3.50am and starting our trek at 4am on the…
The W Circuit – Day Four
Day 17-Wednesday 24th October 2018 Day 4 – Campamento Italiano – Campamento Chileno Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By foot – 36.2 kms/ 22.5 miles By public transport – 0 Steps taken – 53,058 Lying in the tent last night and this morning we continuously heard the noise from the crashing ice falling from…
The W Circuit – Day Three
Day 16 – Tuesday 23rd October 2018 Day 3 : Refugio Paine Grande – Campamento Italiano Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By foot – 26 kms/ miles 15.81 By public transport – 0 Steps taken – 31,750 Today was meant to be a long tough day so we got up early…AGAIN…to begin our walk…
The W Circuit – Day Two
Day 15 – Monday 22nd October 2018 Day 2 : Refugio Grey – Refugio Paine Grande Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By foot – 22.6 kms/ miles 13.71 By public transport – 0 Steps taken – 26,284 Last nights sunset on the glacier and icebergs had been captivating. The silience, the thunderous bangs as…
The W Circuit – Day One
Day 14 – Sunday 21st October 2018 Day 1 : Puerto Natales – Refugio Grey Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By foot – 30.3 kms/ 18.8 miles By public transport – 204 kms/127 miles Steps taken – 44,207 ‘The greatest adventure is what lies ahead’…. We were off, we were actually doing this, trekking…
Puerto Natales
Day 13 – Saturday 20th October 2018 Puerto Natales Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By foot – 12.4kms/ 7.71miles By public transport – 0 Steps taken – 17,642 So to prepare for trekking in Torres del Paine we had to book campsites from back home as you need to have a campsite booked in…