Illiníza Norte (5126 m)
January 27th 2008 This was a long hike up again. I could have taken a camionetta in El Chaupi, but as I wanted to save the 10 USD, and also thought it would be a good exercise I hiked up all the way to the refugio at 4740m with a heavy backpack (must have been around 15 kg). The refugio was already full of hikers and even more guides as it seemed. They all were surprised to see a solo woman coming in and even more
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