I’m including this one because it was really special and I’m pretty proud of it.
Three years ago I summited my highest mountain (so far), Chachani in Peru at 6057m (19872ft). It was really tough, and really awesome. We slept for a couple of hours in the basecamp at 5000m, then started climbing again at 1am.
Basecamp at about 5000m
The closest we got to seeing sunrise before it started snowing again.
It was snowing hard while we were climbing, so we didn't get to see the sunrise. My waterbottle froze, and I was pretty dehydrated and exhausted. But happy : )
Getting closer to the summit. I was ok with the thin air, everything was just more tiring than usual.
I was going to climb the nearby Misty, that was what people were talking about in the hostels. But then I saw this trip to Chachani. Misty is just under 6000m, and I literally decided because I don’t know when I’ll get a chance to climb a 6000m mountain next. Both are volcanoes!
When the snowstorm had stopped on the way down.
Almost back at basecamp
The foxes that kept visiting the basecamp, looking for scraps. The green blobs are Yareda. I couldn’t remember the name and googled ‘green blob plant high altitude. Head over to my writing Instagram (@l.k.kraus) to see Yareda! ; ) These plants are one of the coolest, most impressive things I’ve seen!
Isn’t this landscape just incredible?!
