Preparing for the long day ahead

Team North get up to summit

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April 20th 2007
Although it was rock hard, the Sorata trek gave us a taste for adventure, so on our return to La Paz the four of us decided to attempt the Huayna Potosi climb - apparently one of the easiest 6,000m+ mountains to summit in the world, bearing in mind that anything involving scaling a 200m ice wall using an ice axe and crampons isn´t going to be that easy!.. We booked the trek through ´Travel Tra ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Huayna Potosí

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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