Getting High

Nevada Vallunaraju, that's the one

Through the Cravasse field

A pause before another Ice bridge crossing

On the summit ridge

On it! The locals call the one on the left K2, crazy no-name knife ridge peak to the right

Stoked!

Looking down at Llaca Valley

Descent, muy rapido!

Huascaran, the highest peak in Peru (22,205 ft)

Vallunaraju on the left, view from the hotel in Huaraz

High above Huaraz in the Cordillera Blanca we climb Vallunaraju (18,963 ft).  It snows 4 inches at base camp early in the night and our summit dreams become a little unsure.  We awake at 2am to clear weather which sparks hope and we carefully climb our way up the granite slabs coated with a sheet of ice to the bottom of the glacier.  We dash for the summit, run down before 9am, and get some Lucho's homebrew at Cafe Andino to end the day.  Amazing.