Chile

Guide to the Cerro Castillo Trek: The powerful wind shook my body, snow flurries whipped my face and I used all my concentration to keep my balance as I started to descend from the top of Morro Negro pass, the highest point on the Cerro Castillo trek. I have never felt so inferior to the power of nature as I did climbing this pass. Day three of the Cerro Castillo trek brought some of the most beautiful views I saw in all of Patagonia, but also showed me the power of Mother Nature and humbled me in the process.  [...]

Guide to the 3 Day Villarrica Traverse I used every last bit of energy to move my legs slowly in the direction of the mountain pass ahead. 8 hours into our first day of hiking the Villarrica Traverse, my body was at the brink of exhaustion. 22 kilometers with a 15 + kg backpack really took its toll as we climbed up and down the faces of the volcanoes in the Villarrica National Park. As we neared the highest point of the trek, the sun was falling behind the Villarrica Volcano, casting a fiery display of colors across the clouds [...]