This month, I went hiking in Patagonia, a sprawling region that straddles Argentina and Chile. I trekked about 12 miles through Argentina’s Nahuel Huapi National Park to a mountain-top lake. I figured ...

It took months of training and nearly a full week of human-powered effort (six days, three hours, and 31 minutes, to be exact) to traverse the entirety of Tierra del Fuego in Chile's Patagonia region.

I may have been slightly dismissive of the wind before coming down here. Patagonia is known for its unsettled weather, and people who talk about Patagonia talk about the wind — frequently. Which can ...