Circuit of Alpamayo,
Cordillera Blanca, Peru

19 July to 8 August, 2002

(Click on image to enlarge the next 8 pictures)
Santa Cruz
Contrahierbas
Dinner!
Francisco and horse
Our third pass: walking up from our 4th camp, with Laguna Jancarurish in the background
Avalanche place
End of trek
Recovering in the restaurant

Altitude profile

(also as an Excel spreadsheet or as a JPEG image)
About condors
and alpaca
Huascaran Sur

Map of somebody else's trek on a similar route.
More maps of the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Huayhuash.
Glacier and climate research in the Cordillera Blanca.
Interview with Joe Simpson
Our group consisted of Alan Colgate, Ewen Mackintosh, Joanna Delahunty, Liz Green, Peter Green and Tracey Maclaren (and Jason Priestley, part-time), leader: Emma Bawtree, guides: Lucio Lazaro Fernandez and Francisco, and cooks: Antonio and Frail. We went with High Places:

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