Laguna Torre

After so many good hikes, I too got those famous quarter size blisters everyone talked about.
Fro two days, I did nothing. My blisters kept filling up again and again, even after I would poke wholes on them.
I met two Argentines, a pareja, who appeared to have come to Chalten to put their relationship to the test.
Their very first night , the girl had a nightmare and woke up the entire campsite with the loudest yell. The guy had lived in Brazil when he was 5 years old and spoke good Portuguese.
We chatted a lot and they were very friendly. We decided to head to Laguna Torre together in the next couple of days, as soon as my blisters healed okay.
The hike there was a lot of fun. They were friendly and even though they were both in better shape than I was, they slowed down to my pace so we could all enjoy the trek. They gave me some good pointers on places to stay and spots to go. She was addicted to "the Lord of the Rings" and on our way to the Lagune, we had to walk through this forest that was exactly like Treebeard's. We kept making references to teh book and really felt like we were a fellowship ourselves.
This might sound really dorky to the average reader, (assuming anyone is ever even going to read this), but if you were there, you would really join us in our dorkiness... Believe me, this place is magic.
Lagune Torre was really cool, the days were beautiful and the it was a good farewell from Parque Nacional El Chalten.
After like 3 weeks, I found myself walkign away from the East End of town. My back was arched from the weight of my backpack. I too was threading soft steps, in hopes not to upset my newly gained blisters. There were quarter sized without a doubt.
I was on my way to Rancho Grande to have my well deserved luke warm shower when I saw this couple walking up the beginning of the trail.
They stoped me and asked
"Is this the way to Poincenot Camp ?"
Yep, I said,
"Is it about five hours up"
"Just about" I answered.
"That is not too bad"
My answer to that comment was a plain "not really" but I actually thought to myself...I wanna see if he is going to walk this proudly when the mountain is done with him"