Tag Archives: backpacking

W-Trek Torres Del Paine National Park

I left El Calafate early on a bus headed for Puerto Natales. This meant leaving Argentina and making my way to Chile. I had completed the usual cross-border online forms, screenshot the QR codes, and was good to go. On the bus, I would bump into an Australian family from the Antarctica trip. This was […]

Ama Dablam part 3: Second attempt

Ama Dablam Basecamp is a beautiful place to rest and recover. As a result, plenty of hikers not attempting the mountain come and visit each day. However, some of them fail to recognise that walking up to someone’s tent and taking a photo inside without asking first is incredibly rude. Others come want to come […]

Ama Dablam part 2: First attempt

Leaving Pheriche to head to Lobuche Basecamp meant one thing: I was about to walk past a spot I rate as one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to. Cholatse is a strong contender for the most beautiful mountain on earth, and on this day I would spend a lot of my […]