climbing Nevado Chachani
August 8th 2007 After one day of rest from climbing El Misti, i set about climbing chachani, which is a 6080 meter (thats 19,800 feet) peak with three other people and a guide. three additional participants got severe altitude sickness at the base camp (5400 meters) and had to go back down before the summit attempt. this was the highest elevation i´ve ever attained and it was some pretty slow going with some
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