Hank Leukart posted a magazine quality essay on one of our top treks in the World, the Paine Circuit.
Adopted by Kiwis in Chilean Patagonia. How to hike the Torres del Paine Circuit on someone else’s family vacation
… The only thing standing between us and views of 270-square-kilometer Glaciar Grey was Paso John Garner, a steep and rocky pass through the Patagonian Andes Mountains. My brother Brian and I looked up nervously at the severe mountain crags and glacial ice surrounding us, and though we hadn’t been able to substantiate the rumors of a lost hiker’s death during a blizzard in the pass three days before, the gossip made us uneasy. We knew that some hikers had turned back, failing to conquer the pass due to dangerous weather. …

read the 3-part series article on Without Baggage
Especially if you want to find out why Hank decided to climb on to an iceberg.

related posts – more Without Baggage trip reports

