Graveyard - Huayna Potosi

An ominous sight driving past this graveyard on the way to Huayna Potosi (background). Our spirits perked up when we were told it was not climbers lost to the mountain.

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Huayna Potosi (6088m) - conquered!

July 30th 2007
For months I had been dreaming of climbing Huayna Potosi . Firstly, because it was over the magical 6000m, and as Edmund Hillary of Everest fame once said, “because it is there”. We had chosen an agency called Refugio Huayna Potosi as it is run by Doctor Hugo Berrios Martin, who has not only been instrumental in training guides fo ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Huayna Potosí

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more

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