Patagonia’s controversial new national park

The creation of the Parque Patagonia conservation area - the brainchild of a billionaire US couple - is a step to creating one of the world's largest national parks. But what's the hiking like?

"Pain?" asks Jorge Molina, my hiking guide. Yes, there is a little pain, but it's too late for cold feet. Or, more accurately, it's too late not to get cold feet, because we're already shin-deep in a swift icy river.

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