Mt Ampato - following in the foot steps of the Ice Maiden
September 2nd 2006 Mount Ampato is a 6288m peak on which the Inca mummy dubbed Juanita was found in 1995. I wanted to climb a peak over 6000m and having read about the mummy back in Australia this was the perfect peak to choose. My guide was Miguel Zarate who had co-found and recovered the mummy a decade earlier!
Day 1
I was collected from the hotel at around 9am in Arequipa. We got of to a bad start
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