Another rain shower greeted me in the morning. I wanted to make some good progress, but had no desire to pack up and set off in the rain. My lazier side won and I stayed in my sleeping bag until 10:30, thinking at one point I would spend another day there waiting out the rain. [...]
I left camp at 5:20 a.m., accompanied by Maggie and Rachelle, who lacked a headlamp. Along with several Israelis and catching up with a few others along the way, we formed a train, slowly clambering upwards over rocks and looking for trails. Looking upward, several white headlamp lights could be spotted along various points on [...]
I was undecided as to whether I’d climb up to Campamento Torres or just spend the whole day relaxing and recovering below. Today was nothing like yesterday and was warm and sunny. I exchanged email addresses with my 3 companions and they hiked up while I stayed behind. They were going to hike 4 hours [...]
Any remaining illusions I may have had about backpacking being a romantic outdoor experience were obliterated today. What a long, miserable, exhausting day! I knew it would be a long slog, but wasn’t expecting this.
We left camp at 11 a.m., about 2 hours later than expected. Andy and I put on our rainpants but ditched [...]
We were woken up at 8:30 a.m. by the sound of a park ranger wrapping on our tent doors. Apparently we were not allowed to camp in our current position, officially cordoned off by the blue pump hose. Moving wasn’t too big of a deal as I unstaked my tent and carried it to a [...]
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