Published 17 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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My legs felt like jelly by the time I reached this ridge but the night was fast approaching and still the elusive mountain pass of Tupatupa wasn't showing up yet.
Published 17 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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Having bagged one pass too early on during the day, my legs were yearning for another challenge as they were getting bored with do...(more)
Published 18 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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Laguna Huecrococha at 3,950m a.s.l is a large lake by Andean standard here. Relatively secluded with a milder weather it is the site of an active trout farming business here.
Published 18 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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Not a single soul in sight I strolled leisurely down the valley amidst lush vegetations and soon found myself straying away from the main trail to reach this outcrop with a glimpse of the distant glaciated Mt Taulliraju.
Published 19 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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The plain below rolls out gently as a green grazing field on the other side of Mt. Pucaraju. There is no clear trail here and one just heads out the valley naturally.
Published 19 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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The descent is first via a rocky path before it peters out into the green slope half-way down the eastern face of Pucaraju where th...(more)
Published 19 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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A well-formed rocky path zig-zags its way up the steep slope of black Mt Pucaraju to this mountain pass at 4,640 m a.s.l. with a commanding view of the surrounding glaciated peaks of cordillera Blanca.
Published 19 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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The night passed uneventfully at the campsite in quebrada Tuctubamba by the foot of Mt Taulliraju.The following morning with hardly a cl...(more)
Published 20 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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I sighed a relief as I climbed up to this same rock again as I did in 2009 to take another pano...(more)
Published 20 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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Shrouded in clouds the magnificent Taulliraju (5,830m) refused to show its face again on my second visit to this place. The tr...(more)
Published 22 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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The once green valley now lies lifeless filled only with silt. Loosing precious green pasture to roam on, no wonder the cattle have all migrated to lower land.
Published 22 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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As I climbed up the trail edging closer to the crossroad to Alpamayo (5,947m) it became evident that the cause of the...(more)
Published 23 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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Once past Laguna Jatuncocha I was greeted by what seemed to me a carnage site.Only now at the time of writing that I realized an...(more)
Published 23 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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I camped alongside the much shrinken lake of Ichiccocha amidst fear of an impending storm.The following morning the sun took the centre stage without a single cloud in sight but that soon changed as I neared Jatuncocha.
Published 24 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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Running between the dark walls of the gorge is the noisy Rio Santa Cruz which tumbles and cascades between and over the numerous big boulders along the way.I am not far from the popular campsite of Llamacorral ahead.
Published 24 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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Roaming cattle greeted me the moment I reached greener land. I could not remember seeing many of them when I did this trail in 2009 coming down in the opposite direction.
Published 25 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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On my very first day on the famed Alpamayo circuit I inevitably had to retread part of the Santa Cru...(more)
Published 25 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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As I was hiking back I came across this small tarn and decided to do this little side trip but the perfection reflections I had seen earlier were all gone as the breeze broke the previously placid surface.
Published 25 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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On the way back the father and daughter decided to join me as they had much troubles with headache from the altitude the previous night. H...(more)
Published 26 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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I spent my last night in the quebrada here joined by a family of three from Germany. You would notice that this particular spot is on the other side of the valley.
