The magical Forest

Hiking from Cochamó, a small Chilean town located by a long fjord in northern Patagonia, up into the mountains to the Argentine border, takes five full days. The path leads almost continuously through an ancient fairy-tale forest, where practically no one is on the move. At the beginning of my solo hike, I felt cramped and disoriented in the dense wooded environment and slightly irritated that there were so few panoramic views. After just a few hours however, I began to appreciate the beauty of this wild jungle, mentally moving further and further away from my life in civilization, and finally feeling an inner balance that I had hardly ever experienced before.

Valle de Cochamó (Chile), February 2018