The next morning Jay and I charged off ahead with gear and the stove to Campamento Italiano, where we set up camp and settled in. Steph and Carrie followed later and we ate lunch and napped while Carrie went up to the glacier. When she came back, we ade dinner (despite insane winds that threatened to blow us all away and made cooking with our camp stove REALLY difficult).
The next morning we woke up early (at about 6:00, although the sun had been up for a while) and set off for Refugio Pehoe, where we caught the absurdly expensive ferry to Refugio Pudeto. On the plus side, they did serve free tea and coffee and the views from the ferry were gorgeous and clear, treating us to views of the Cuernos and the Torres. We arrived at Pudeto and had lunch while waiting for the bus.
When we got back to Puerto Natales, we got a hostel room, took showers (hallelujah), and went to return our rented sleeping bags and stove. We hoped to have pizza again for dinner, but our favorite restaurant (along with the vast majority of all the other restaurants) was closed for New Year's Eve. We found an open restaurant, bought sandwiches and pasta, and had a lovely dinner despite the rather rushed waitress. We went home, played card cames, and toasted the new year with (not entirely cold enough) pisco sours before sleeping a much-needed full night in warm beds with no winds.
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