Charquini
August 16th 2009 Charquini was to be our practice climb before attempting Huayna Potosi. We hired our own personal guide, Sergio, and a driver, and off we set, up the mountain. Starting at a dizzy 4700metres we traversed an aquaduct for the first hour, with huge drops on one side, water on the other, and set off to the foot of the glacier. The views were quite amazing, with Huayna Potosi towering on one side and t
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