Pastorury Glacier

5,686 m*

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August 6th 2007
Hello from one day afterwards the most intense two days of our lives... Huaraz is a town about 7 hours northeast of Lima. The town serves as the main base/hub for the Cordillera Blanca - the highest point in the Peruvian Andes. From our hostel we looked out onto some of the tallest mountains we´ve ever seen. Huge foothills backed by gigantic snow covered rigid peaks were everywhere to be seen a ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more