Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Descent

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

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

Expectable Baker

After Adams, where our friend became familiar with crampons and an ice axe, it was only logical to continue her study on Mt Baker. It is lower than Adams, 3285 metres, but has a much more significant glacier, . . . → Continue reading Expectable Baker

Summer Adams

Suddenly climbed Adams again. If you forgot or, probably, never know, Mt Adams is the second-highest volcano in Washington state, 3743 meters. It is covered with a nice glacier; no crevasses on the standart route; no need for rope, just crampons and an ice axe are required.

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Atacama. Volcano Lascar and the car that we broke

Atacama. Laguna Lejia Atacama. Laguna Chaxa. Fabian’s lizard and other occupants Atacama. Laguna Chaxa. Flamingo Atacama. Horned coots Atacama. Cerro Toco Atacama. Vado . . . → Continue reading Atacama. Volcano Lascar and the car that we broke

Atacama. Cerro Toco

Atacama. Vado Putana Atacama. Geyser Valley El Tatio Atacama. San Pedro and Laguna Cejar

It was nice to relax and drive around, but we came in the Atacama for acclimatization in the first place, so . . . → Continue reading Atacama. Cerro Toco

Atacama. Geyser Valley El Tatio

Atacama. San Pedro and Laguna Cejar

After Laguna Cejar we decided that it is time to visit some place with higher elevation. We choose Geyser Valley El Tatio. It locates north of San Pedro, near the border with Bolivia. It is the edge . . . → Continue reading Atacama. Geyser Valley El Tatio