January 1, 2006 - New Years Day, Cerro Torre
Day 1 of our 3 day trek. Today we head to Laguna Torre, where we will camp. Took us about 3.5 hours and it was a nice moderate hike. Lots of vegetation in this area and we had good weather. Before I forget, here is a shot of El Chalten....



We arrived at our campsite early in the afternoon. The granite towers are beautiful...nice lake at the base of the Torre from the glacier melt-water.

We've been eating very well....ever notice how delicious camp food is? Doesn't really matter what you eat, it all tastes like the best meal you´ve ever had. Pasta with plain tomatoe sauce never tasted better! We had tea and chocolate up at the Laguna as the sun was setting. It was a bit cold, but lovely.

We met a nice American couple who are traveling around the world for one year...as their honeymoon. What a great idea. They've been traveling for 7 months now and had some interesting stories to tell. Nice people. Nice conversations. It was a good day.

.....btw, Ziad and I got engaged:-)