The summit from the bottom

A near death experience

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September 24th 2009
I´m not joking with the title I really thought I wasn´t going to make it at one stage. Mountains are no joke... Bolivia has some of the highest mountains in the world and also the most accessable. I had talked to quite a few people who had tried to climb some of these peaks and decided to try one myself. To be honest I wanted to climb a volcano from San Pedro de Atacama that was 5,480m and only ... 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