The weather remained good after our trip to the Payachatas, and as we were so well acclimatized, and still feeling good, we thought we’d give Sajama a go. At 6,554m this it he 15th highest mountain in the Andes, and…
Parinacota (6,351m) and Pomerape (6,282m), Departamento de Oruro, Bolivia
We cycled through PN Sajama in late July, but didn’t have time to climb any of the moutains before having to rush to La Paz to pick up Peter. This done, we cycled back to Sajama via PN Lauca in…
Volcan Aucanquilcha, Region II, Chile
We found out about this big volcano from Corax’s mate Martin Adserballe’s adventure page (http://www.adserballe.com/) and as we weren’t too far away thought it would make a fun detour. After cycling through the lakes region in southwest Bolivia we took…
Volcan Licancabur – Potosi Region, Bolivia
Ever since we’d been to San Pedro de Atacama in 2002 we’d fancied climbing the perfect cone of Licancabur which dominates the skyline to the east. So after a week resting, we spent a day and a half cycling very slowly up…
Cordon del Plata – Mendoza Province, Argentina
Cordon del PlataFrom Mendoza, we climbed 2,000m on the bikes to the ski resort of Vallecitos. There we left our bikes and set off up the main valley for a week to try and scramble up some of the peaks…