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| Yanapaccha (17,909') shines during a brief spell of sunshine on an overall cloud-covered week in the Cordillera Blanca. Luckily our second week was pure sunshine to balance out our time in these glorious mountains. |
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| Map of Peru with Santa Cruz peak highlighted in red- we were a few miles south of this peak in the Llanganuco valley for our first week in the Cordillera Range. |
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| Basecamp accessible by burros below Pisco and the magnificent south faces of Huandoy. |
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| One of our porter's climbing gear. We supplied him with a new harness and rope for safer climbing while on our two mountain routes. |
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| Looking west down the lower Llanganuco Valley with its dramatic 700m vertical cliffs framing the way to the Cordillera Negra and eventually the Pacific. |
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| Daniel Vargas |
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| Joel Vargas |
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| Our Huaraz-based staff at high camp on Vallunaraju. |
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| Dave and Art enjoying Haute Cuisine at our 5000m high camp. |
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| Joaquin checking out the new Rab Latok Mountain Tent at the Vallunaraju high camp. |
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| Art and Dave roping-up for a practice run on the Vallunaraju Glacier. |
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| Dave above 5,000m on the glacier of Vallunaraju. |
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| Descending the glacier polished granite below the glacier entrance on Vallunaraju. |
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| High camp on Pisco with Yanapaccha peak behind. |
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| Eli descending from Pisco high camp on the moraine of the south Huandoy Glacier. |
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| Pisco catches some sunshine the day after our whiteout summit ascent. |
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| Descending from the summit ridge of Vallunaraju. |
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| More descent of the summit ridge of Vallunaraju. |
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| Eli enjoying the sunrise on the glaciated flanks of Vallunaraju. |
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| Sunrise over the Cordillera Blanca while ascending Vallunaraju. |
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| Eli, Dave, and Art on the summit of Pisco in a whiteout. |
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| The three musketeers enjoying sunshine on the summit of Vallunaraju. |
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| (L-R) Daniel, David, Joaquin, Art, Eli and Joel at Olaza's Hostel in Huaraz after two successful weeks in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru. |
