Day 5. Hike through Paso John Gardner and to Campamento Grey. We woke up at 5am and actually managed to eat a hot breakfast (meals-ready-to-eat version of breakfast scramble) and pack up camp in time to leave at 6:30 am. With our headlamps we faced many (at times ankle-deep) muddy trails, thanks to last night's rain, and vicious tree roots that tried to trip us up at every turn. Luckily, we managed to survive until we found ourselves on some very familiar 14er terrain: exposed boulder fields and scree. Unfortunately for us, we started ascending a little too early when we were supposed to descend first into a valley. Upon learning of our error, we carefully made our way back down to the trail. Luckily, we didn't lose much time as we gave ourselves so much cushion by waking up early that morning. We were in high spirits as we re-ascended to Paso John Gardner, which would take us to our first real view of the biggest glacier of Torres Del Paine. The magnanimous mass of ice, Glacier Grey, poured forth through a series of jutting mountains. It greeted us at the top of the pass with a full rainbow. That made the whole morning more than worth it! At this point, we were at a high point--literally and figuratively--but the day was far from over. After some pictures, we plunged into the Patagonian forests, whose trees were already changing colors at the higher altitudes as summer gave way to fall. The burnt red and orange turned to green as we found ourselves descending more and more into tree cover, and after some time arrived at the first "Campamento" for some celebration and lunch. We then headed on to segment 2, which involved some rather tricky wrangling of a wire rope to cross a cascading river and crossing two bridges soaring over additional rivers. Adrian didn't tell me until after that he was afraid of heights--I'm glad I didn't try to join him on the bridge, as I'm sure he would not have appreciated my extra movements! Finally, after arriving at our campsite (Refugio Grey), we ate some dinner and taught a Dutch couple we met earlier on the trail how to play Euchre.