By kbartz34
One of our program guides is very familiar with the mountains and hills that surround Valparaiso/Vina del Mar. To help us become more comfortable with our surrounding he offered to take a group of us up a mountain. The hike was significantly harder than any of us imagined. A walk quickly turned into a practically vertical climb followed by a scramble over rocks on all fours. While the day long hike was a challenge, and communicating in Spanish only added to the exertion, the view was most certainly worth it.
