The Pain part deux

After leaving Valle de Frances we hiked to Los Cuernos, where we met up with our friend Maggie, who I met back in Mendoza. The following morning we made our way to Campamento Torres, the highest camp located about 45 minutes below the Torres. The photo below shows Mordor in the background. The mountain is actually called Cerro Paine Grande.

We enjoyed a nice cappuccino with Juliano, from Italy, and Jonas, from Belgium, as well Maggie, from Amsterdam, that night.

Early the next morning (around 5:30 a.m.) we hiked up to the towers and waited for the rising sun to do its magic. The photo below is of the towers. Every morning the towers turn from rose to orange and then finally gold as the sun's first rays of light rise over the mountains in the east.

That same day we parted ways with our friends and headed for the backside of Torres. Over the next few days we would pass through Seron, Lago Dickson, Los Perros and finally over John Gardner Pass, where we would finally see Glaciar Grey. We ended the trip a couple days later camping on Lago Grey. The photo below is of me on the top of the windy John Gardner pass.

This final photo is of Glaciar Grey, which is immense and far too big to capture in this picture.