This weekend was one of those experiences that will stay with us forever. One month ago James said to Julie: I want to climb over 6000m and Julie replied: yeah whatever! She hoped that this would never eventuate. But regardless of Julie's reservations, on Saturday at 8am both James and Julie (and Ryan) stood at the top of Huayna Potosi, a mountain that is 6088m high. To put things in perspective…Mt Cook is 3753m. The highest mountain in Africa, Mt Kilimanjaro is only 5,895 mts. The highest mountain in all of Europe, Mt Elbrus is a smaller 5,642 mts. The highest mountain in North America, Mt McKinley is just a little taller at 6,194 mts. In fact outside of the Andes, the only other ranges with taller mountains are the Himalaya/Tibet and Hindu Kush ranges. It
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