The eight day circuit

In Torres Del Paine, there are two trekking options. The first, most popular is a five day route called the "W" that stays on the front side of of the park, where we can see the most popular views of the park. This route is in the shape of a "w" and we can do it in a series of backtracks in order to see the most impressive views.
The other route is an eight-day trek called the "circuit" that includes the W but takes you around the backside of the mountain range as well.
We opted for the Circuit and set out around the backside of the park first. Here was our packing situation: we had two 2-man tents. Clinton perrywinkle was gracious enough to carry our entire tent, so I helped the girls carry part of there tent. About 3/4 of the way through our second day, I realized I had forgotten to pack the part of the girls' tent I carried after the first night of camping. So we made the decision for Carly and I to stash our packs run back to camp 1 carrying nearly nothing to grab the tent I left. Abbe and Clint would then carry on to camp with our heaviest items. After Carly and I ran for about two miles, we were turned around by a Patroller on the trail, because our plan would put us into camp after dark which is something they don't allow. He then escorted us back to our packs and on to our second campsite.
The patroller told us that two other patrollers got the message about our tent via radio and would bring our tent the following day around two in the afternoon.
Our tent never showed up though, so frustrated that we had wasted a day, Clint and I snuck out of camp at 7:30pm and ran/speed walked to pick up our tent. We had to sneak into the first camp with our lights off to grab our tent, because we were out "after curfew."
We returned to our camp at 2:30am after a 23 mile round trip over a ridge twice, battling 40mph winds, and rain.
We continued on the following day to enjoy five more days of backpacking. Here are a few shots from our trip I took with my phone. Many more photos to come as soon as I can pull them from my real camera!