Our first hike in the Cordillera Blanca, in Peru. We hiked up Qda Quillcayhuanca and back out Qda Cojup, crossing over a pass near Huapi on the way. For a map, look here.
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LLupa, where we started our hike
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A resident of Llupa
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Quebrada Cojup, where we will make our exit
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Looking back down on the city from above
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Pretty mountains. Not sure what these are called.
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Another view of Qda. Cojup
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On the way up to Laguna Churup
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Laguna Churup
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What a pose!
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flower
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camp
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A waterfall flowing out of Laguna Churup
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We met this girl on the way up to Qda. Quillcayhuanca. She was overwhelmed with the newborn sheep and having to talk to us.
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Goals...
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Qda. Quillcayhuanca
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More Qda. Quillcayhuanca
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birds
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Just another day in Peru
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horses
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Nev. Andavite, from the pre-inca ruins of Nuevo Tambo
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Seen along the trail...
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Nev. Andavite
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Burros heading up to Cayesh -- we took a left where they went right
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Looking back out, toward Huaraz
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steep mountains
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cayesh
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Nev. Chichey, I think
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burros
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Nev. Pucaranra
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Nev. Tullparaju?
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Another shot
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glacier sunset
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valley view
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Our first view of Huapi...
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The view we had as we started our climb out of the quebrada
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Tullparaju and lake
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Huapi
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Huapi, with a warning
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Pucaranra. Ugly beast.
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unknown peak
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San Juan? Collapaco?
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Looking down from near Huapi
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The view from near the base of Huapi, looking across the quebrada
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Another shot of the view across the quebrada
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The hill we climbed up, with McKenzie a small dot down below
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San Juan?
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Pucaranra, as seen from near the Huapi base
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Another view of Pucaranra
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Leaving camp, heading up to the ridge
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Our campsite near the pass, with Andavite in the background
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Looking back down, on our way up to the ridge
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Ranrapalca
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Huapi shoulder in the foreground, and Palcaraju in the background
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Huapi ridgeline
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Coming down a scree slope
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It's funny how many pictures you take of a mountain when you think you might climb it...
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reflections
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Palcaraju
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Me, Ranrapalca, and Ishinca
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Huapi ridge
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A bridge, on the way out of Qda Cojup
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Lake, Qda Cojup
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Looking up Qda Cojup
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Building, Qda Cojup
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flower
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flower 2
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flower 3
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Seen from a street in Caraz
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