Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Descent

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The snow fell for 36 hours. We lay in the tent and diligently tried to sleep. Simply to avoid going nuts. Visibility outside . . . → Continue reading Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Descent

Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Summit

Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Base Camp Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. High camp

January 6 the wind died down, and we moved camp up to 5100. The German-Australians had gone down, freeing their tent places, and we settled onto one of them. We did . . . → Continue reading Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Summit

Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. High camp

Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Base Camp

January 1 — a day off. Sacred, obviously. Especially when acclimatization calls for it.

We woke up unhurriedly, had breakfast, our companion decided to commit to rest with full seriousness, while we felt lazy — so we went . . . → Continue reading Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. High camp

Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Base Camp

So, settling the debt from a year ago, at the end of this freshly concluded December we once again set out for Marmolejo. But not by the standard route — this time via its neighboring volcano San José, just to avoid repeating ourselves. The two stand . . . → Continue reading Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Base Camp

Andean vacation

We suddenly found ourselves with a chance to once again escape the darkest time of the year to the other hemisphere. And since there’s been an outstanding debt to Marmolejo hanging over us since last year, that’s . . . → Continue reading Andean vacation