The hellish mountain climb....Huayna Potosi (6088m)...get the ice picks ready!!
April 24th 2007 Well...what can Isay? What an experience...my worst and best experience in my life so far!! I nearly didnt make it to the summit..sooo many times...but somehow I did it! The actual climb to the summit from 5200m to 6088m was the longest 6 1/4 hours of my life! There were atleast ten occasions when I wanted to turn back and head to camp because I really felt that I couldntdo it, the climb just
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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 
