Hitched a lift on a truck heading to the Mitsui mine. My first view of the cordillera as we came over a pass on the pampa.
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Viscacha (alpine hare) among the boulders
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Meadow and stream below the peaks near Laguna Carhuacocha
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Dawn near L. Carhuacocha
4 year old Quechuan girl doing push-ups near her house above Laguna Carhuacocha. Uno, dos, tres......
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Mt. Jirishanca 6094
Reflections in Laguna Siula
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Reflections Laguna Quesillococha
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Condor flying above the rocky cliffs
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Waterfall and ice
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Melting glacier. The glaciers in this cordillera have shrunk by 50% in the last 20 years.
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Another sign of global warming - glacier lake and floating ice
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Laguna Mitacocha at dawn
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Mt. Yerupaja 6617m in dawn light (the second highest peak in Peru)
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Jirishanca, Yerupaja Chico and Laguna Siula
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Siula Grande 6344m, the peak made famous by Joe Simpson in 'Touching the Void'.
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My high camp at 4850m - you can see my tent in the far bottom right of the photo. Great views of Siula Grande across the valley.
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My trekking companions for a day. L to R - Susana & Lukas (Czech), Tom (Belgium) and Lucho (Argentina).
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Alpine flowers
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