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| Page Type: Album Image Type(s): Alpine Climbing, Hiking, Scenery | Page By: rgg Created/Edited: Oct 13, 2011 / Nov 16, 2011 Object ID: 753577 Hits: 517 Loading... Page Score: 87.79% - 11 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Camping on the slopes  Misti from near the trailhead
Twelve tourists and three guides reached the camp site at 4500m, as one Brazilian tourist got a real bad case of altitude sickness around 4000m and made the only possible choice. One of the guides escorted him back to the trailhead and called for transportation. Of course, the Brazilian had to pay for that, but that's better than paying with your life!
 Fading daylight on Pichu Pichu from our camp site high on the slopes of Misti Summit day Very early on the second day we started for the summit. Eventually, eight of the twelve made it. Considering that most of us had never climbed a mountain before, or been this high, I think that's a pretty good number!
I had expected a bare mountain, but even as I landed in Arequipa I already saw that there was some powder high on the mountains. When I reached the snow high up, with the summit in sight, I got a real big boost, since the snow made it a much more beautiful mountain with great views.
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| The two craters of Misti. I'm standing on the outer rim, not far from the summit, looking over the inner crater. Clearly behind it is Pichu Pichu. | Images
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