The New Pack Leader
Tres Lagunas
The famous overlook on the Huayhuash Circuit overlooking lagunas Ninacota, Rondoy y Jirishanca
Days in Huayallpa
Su-Su with her pom pom hair on guard as her mom crochets out front of her small store in Huayallpa. Life goes at a different pace here.
Crystal Clear
Corral
Late Night Cook
Cutartambo Valley
Purple Sky
Fresh Catch of the Day
Night Snack
Morning Rituals
Huayhuash mornings. Wake up. Rub your eyes until all the dry gunk let's them open. Unzip your tent to go to the bathroom you've been holding on to all night because you didn't want to get out of your sleeping bag. Almost trip over your tent stake as you amble to find the spot of your calling to relieve yourself. Look up. Verbally utter holy s**t. It's the best routine I could ask for. The Andes provide it daily.
You Should Have Seen It
"You should have seen it 20 years ago." My local guide Lucio explaining the drastic decline of glaciers in the Huayhuash of Peru. You want proof of climate change, go see it first-hand. These people aren't scientists, they live off the land and rely on the glaciers and monsoon seasons for their fruitful sustenance and for taking their animals to graze. They use so little, yet feel the effects more than most of us. It's time to wake up...myself included. While this is a gorgeous scene, another avalanche crashes into the lake...it happens every 15 minutes. It's incredible to witness how quickly the glaciers are melting.
Fluting
Clouds part ways for a brief moment showing amazing verticality on Yerupaja, Peru's 2nd highest peak. Fluting is generally formed as melting water forms channels down the mountain in the snow. It is commonly seen in the Andes.
On The Run
Embracing The Cold
Carhuaccocha Camp
Leading Lake Views
Sheep Days
Camp Illuminated
Quesillo
Raura Cliffs
Up Up and Up
Kaleidoscope of Minerals
Numerous minerals from within the earth bubble up into the streams and lakes in the Huayhuash creating splendid colors
Cuyoc Respite
Kit taking a rest on the highest pass on the Huayhuash circuit, Paso Cuyoc.
Impossibly Blue
Abel descends down from Paso Santa Rosa to the stunning Laguna Jurau
Hands of Steel
The well worn hands of Eulalio placing rocks to build a Huatia, or earth oven to cook our dinner for our community feast called a Pachamanca.
Camp Among the Giants
Descent into Huayallpa
After spending two weeks above treeline, it's quite a nice feeling to come down to a mere '11,000 feet and the verdant valley and relative warmth of Huayallpa
Tour Guide Eulalio
Eulalio giving our group a tour of his town Huayallpa.
Apacheta Views
Stuart
Stuart with the faint light of his torch as he watches the Huatia or earth oven cook our dinner well into the complete darkness of the night.
Matacancha Soft Glow
