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Day 16:
Leaving Caraz on
a festive note and passing
Yungay, which was hit hard in the 1970 earthquake |
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Day 16:
Arriving at
Orconcocha Lake for a rest in the Llanganuco valley |
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Day 16:
Looking down the
Llanganuco valley with Chinancocha lagoon. Our base camp at Cebollapampa |
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Day 16:
Cooking at the
camp with a little help of my friend. My favorite part of any trek,
washing the dishes (F.S.) |
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Day 17: Acclimatization hike to
the crystal
blue water of Laguna 69 (F.S.) |
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Day 17: Passion flower, flower of
the aster family and polylepis tree at the creek
(#1 F.S.) |
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Day 18:
Hiking up to Pisco base camp
and getting help from donkeys (#1 F.S.) |
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Day 18:
Little later on we have
our first glimpse of Nevado Pisco |
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Day 18: Sights from the camp include Chacraraju and Chopicalqui peaks |
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Day 19: We start our climb of
Pisco with the first three hours on rough terrain crossing a
moraine |
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Day 19:
Arriving at the
glacier and looking up at the challenge which at the end we could
not meet (#2 F.S.) |
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Day 19:
Last photo in the
glacier before turning back down to base camp |
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Day 19:
Many peaks can be
admired with Chopicalqui, Huandoy and Huascaran among others |
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Day 20: Eva
awaiting us in the camp and Franz taking a final nap before heading
down (F.S.) |
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Day 20: On the
way down, last poses
with the mighty Huascaran as background |
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Pisco is the smaller, broader peak right in the middle, on the right
side above the lake |
