Ben feeling the effects of altitude

Up on high

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May 23rd 2007
Continuing in zig-zag fashion, we once again crossed the Andes over to San Pedro de Atacama, a dusty little spot on the edge of the Atacama desert. The Paso de Jama (pass) was a good deal over 4000m and, for the first time, we really felt the effects of altitude. We both got raging headaches and I couldn´t feel my hands or my feet for some of the time. A guy told us that we really shouldn´t dr ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more