Feeling alive: An intrepid travel adventure. A bit of context: Futuro Parque Patagonia provided the platform for our latest trekking epic. The park is a recent conservation development by Conservacion Patagonia, headed by Kris and Doug Tompkins - owners of North face and Patagonia clothing brands. In 2004, some 15 million was spent purchasing estancia chacabuco, a sheep and cattle ranch in the aysen region of Chile, for the previous 90 years. The land totalled ...

Recently we have been somewhat preoccupied on a wee border crossing travel mission to cross back into Chile. After a couple of days exploring El Chalten, Argentinas gateway to the glacieres nacional parque, and Calafate, one of the most amazing places for climbing and trekking, we embarked on the challenge. The adventure consisted of navigating a 37km dirt road, a 33km trek over 2 days and a ferry to cross Lago O'higgins to a town of the same name. The trip was...

Blisters, injuries, aches and pains. Heat, cold, wind and sideways rains. All are possible memories I could use to express the 8 day epic patagonia trek we have completed. However, more positively speaking, although certainly a hard slog, it goes down as one truely amazing adventure! The O circuit of the Torres Del Paine national park in southern Patagonia is an 8-10 day sub alpine trek that covers 113km. The trail circumnavigates around the park's grande moun...

After an amazing flight over Tierra del Fuego from Navarino, today we are on route for Torres delPaine national. Although many people visit the park, it is regarded as one of the best areas for scenery and pursuit, in the world. We plan to complete the full 10 day circuit however have heard it is a little costly at campsites. Sounds like it will be an epic journey nonetheless, it is possible to combine the journey with a Seakayak paddle.which might be on the ca...

From the bad comes good Since the last post things have not been going so swell. We missed the flight we were hoping to get as there was a influx of construction workers looking to escape town. Not only this but a persisting tooth ache had worsened to the point that I needed 7 or so painkillers a day and could not sleep!...although bad luck had came our way there are many positives that came from this. After missing our flight, our newfound second mother Cecel...