Calm.. like the winter in Patagonia was the eve today, many friends and foes are resting in the warm of their owns. Renewing the soul with the energy of this days, from the sun that bright but not light .

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A strong British team have forced a new line on a huge pillar in the Badar valley - Torres del Paine. Mike ‘Twid’ Turner, Geoff Hibbert and Bob Brewer climbed the 20 pitch overhanging route they have named The Devil Rides Out (A4 E2/3 800m). (The team were helped on the lower pitches by Pete Jones, who then had to return to the UK)

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What is a Full day tour in Torres del Paine?…..all day in the park?, what do you do?.. what do you see??..timing’s..reliability.. bottom line: WHAT CAN I EXPECT

From 7:30 to 19:30 / Entrance $15.000 /

First: A General idea

The idea is to get up early and they pick you up (Yes they go where you are staying), in Puerto Natales and close by Hotels (just a few kilometres around). The First stop is at Cerro Castillo, it is mainly a toilet stop… and there are souvenirs, but probably you would find the same at Puerto Natales, same shop. Then… finally after some frantic shopping in the middle of nowhere.. you head to the park, first entering by

Sarmiento Lakes, deep blue.. with a white border all around (calcareous formation).. nice view by the east side.

The second stop would be at the Laguna Amarga entrance of the Park, after paying or handling the vouchers, filling a questionnaire you can go to Las Torres Hotel, the beginning of the hike to the Base of the towers lookout and on a one day hike to the entrance of the French Valley. If you sleep here and still want to to do the entire tour, keep going and they would take back to the Hotel. The other direction takes to Pehoe Lake, where is the Catamaran that is Pudeto, where also you can go to see the Salto Grande. The time scheduled of the catamaran is in this post-catamaran.

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