Torres del Paine (Towers of Paine)

Today Zac and I took the rental we reserved last night here in Puerto Natales and hightailed it up to Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. The ride required us to travel along a dirt road for a stretch of a little over 2 hours in a Nissan V16 (the V16 stands for ¨bad ass¨ of course). This proved to be the roughest stretch of road that we have ever traveled in our lives (so bumpy). Along the way we pulled over and took in the sights whenever we had the chance. It was then we discovered what high winds and rain on a mountain top is all about (rough).

After being jostled around for 2 plus hours we arrived at the base of Torres del Paine around 11:30. Man what a beauty that structure is. Peaks as sharp as a sharks teeth that rise up into the clouds. Fortunately mother nature gave a moment or two to capture some pictures of this magnificent piece of art.

Without any hesitation we decided to start hiking up the mountain to get a better look at this structure. It was a pretty steep ascent for sure. As I rounded the front of one the smaller mountians the wind began to howl and the rain started to come down pretty good (it stung when it hit your face). Alas the storms started blowing in. I turned to Zac to hear him say ¨This shit sucks.¨ I said well it ain´t looking any better my friend. So we decided another route at a lower altitude and not exposed to the elements was a better approach. From the looks of it, we chose wisely.

Below is a 360 degree view from a spot taken within Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. Even with the mountain blocking the roaring wind to the west, you can still here the wind blowing in the video. Chow.