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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Day 12 – Friday 19th October 2018 El Chalten – Puerto Natales Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By foot – 11.8kms/ 7.32miles By public transport – 269kms/167miles Steps taken – 18,055 So after catching the 8am bus in El Calafete, leaving there in full glorious conditions with blue skies and no wind, we have…

Day 11 – Thursday 18th October 2018 El Chalten – Cerro Fitz Roy Hike Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By foot – 40 kms/ 24.95 miles By public transport – 0 Steps taken – 58,189 We had left the Cerro Fitz Roy hike to our last day. We kept putting it off waiting to…

Day 10 – Wednesday 17th October 2018Ruta 40Distance travelled:-By plane – 0 By foot – 10.7kms/ 6.68 milesBy public transport – 216kms/130 milesSteps taken – 16,012 Today we were off to visit Parador La Leona. This sits along Patagonia’s Ruta 40, en route from El Calafete to El Chalten which remains the most rural and…

Day 9 – Tuesday 16th October 2018 El Chaltén Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By foot – 15.14kms/ 9.14 miles By public transport – 0 Steps taken – 17,523 We woke up this morning to an inch of snow, everything was covered in it. Within an hour it was gone and it turned into…

Day 8 – Monday 15th October 2018 El Chaltén; Laguna Torre Trek Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By foot – 31.9kms/ 19.84 miles By public transport – 0 Steps taken – 46,497 It’s spring time here in Patagonia, with the 1st November being classed as the first day of summer… …Today it snowed. We…