In my last blog I gave you some indication of the life we had been leading. We arrived in the Ojos del Salado area just as a spell of good weather was ending. Although we had completed an acclimatisation climb at Laguna Santa Rosa which was useful on several counts, it did not take us high enough Continue Reading
Archives for November 2014
Wind and dust in the Atacama
Apologies for the radio silence, but that is what expedition life can be like. We have been out of WiFi, and indeed telephone, range for almost two weeks. At the time of writing this blog (the penultimate day of November), we have not made our attempt on my principal objective of this trip, Ojos del Continue Reading
Bolivian landscape
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Bolivian flora and fauna
Bolivia
As an interlude from the mountains here are some scenes from Bolivia, the first country in South America that Derek and I visited. Continue Reading