Now I’m even more grateful I came back to the hostel. The rain that started last night is still going and it’s cloudy and miserable outside. Were I to have done another hike, not only would it have been miserably cold and wet, I wouldn’t have been able to see the mountains very well. Instead, [...]
I asked Diego if he’d rather stay put since his knees were bothering him, but he insisted we go. So, we set out at 9:45 a.m. and hiked an hour and a half up to Glaciar del Albino. After 35 minutes through the woods, hopping over fallen trees and through mud, the rest of the [...]
Diego and I packed up our things and said goodbye to Vlado, who would be leaving later that day. Diego was having problems with his motorcycle, so I pushed him along while he tried to get it going. Fortunately, he realized his mistake and was relieved that he would not have to take it to [...]
I woke up to the sound of rain on my tent. It continued for a while, so I stayed put until around 11 a.m., fitfully snoozing off here and there. I joined Vlado and the German-Chilean couple for breakfast. They showed me a couple points on their hiking maps and gave me a couple tips [...]
When I finally crawled out of my tent in the morning, I brought my water, powdered milk, and cereal over to the table to eat with Marnix and a couple guys I had not met. The blond haired guy, whose name I never did get, was from Germany. He was here with his Chilean girlfriend, [...]
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