Patagonia - A Poetic Land
Four years ago, I saw a post on LinkedIn about the amazing experience of hiking Torres Del Paines - the southern Patagonian Range. I was hooked. I saw " Wild Life ", the National Geographic documentary - it was inspiring. Finally, one day, I saw " A Line Across the Sky " - the amazing FritzRoy towers, the morning sunlight glittering between the silence of glaciers - it called me - it is hard to describe but I rarely have felt that kind of call. That night I decided I had to go. I made elaborate plans to spend time in Chile and Argentina besides hiking. The Torres Del Paine (W or O trek) is quite busy and it requires advance booking. I booked it for March 2025. Now came the fantastic news that I would be Grandpa in Feb 2025. It was close to my travel and I was in no way going to miss the birth of my granddaughter. She came two weeks earlier than the due date. After two weeks, I asked her if I could go and she just smiled. She understood her Grandpa's desire....